A SHORT HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67208
English Summary/英文概要： The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world’s first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists formal Declaration of Independence in 1776,the struggle has taken on something a mythic character, especially in the United States. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere’s ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; from the heroic resistance of the militia Minutemen at the battles of Lexington and Concord to the famous crossing of the Delaware by General George Washington; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781),the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The thirteen colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1776年由殖民者正式宣布了一场被称作为意识形态上定义的独立战争就此爆发,这其中涉及了一个美国的神谜人物。从波士顿倾茶事件到保罗•列维尔在新英格兰对英军来袭的对抗,从他率领民兵英勇在列克星敦和康科德战役中英勇对抗，到与华盛顿将军著名的穿越特拉华州行动。和随后的1775年的艰辛美国邦克山战役，直至1781年约克城对英军最后的羞辱，整个争夺战役标志着现代美国国家身份的象征。作者斯蒂芬•康威(Stephen Conway)展示了在神话之外,这不仅仅是一场地方性的冲突:而法国和英国之间的互相角力。十三个殖民地只是延长战区前线之一,每个超级强权目标都为了各自的利益而使出最为致命的一击。这部大胆的历史书不仅彰显了那场伟大的革命战争,也为读者展示了欧洲战场的全面画卷。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Ofers proof that big things come in small packages. This is the work of a master historian at the height of his powers. I know of nothing like it.
Jane Kamensky, Harry S. Truman Professor of History, Brandeis University.
Stephen Conway has written an outstanding introduction for both students and laymen. He offers a compelling explanation of why Britain lost America. --Andrew O’ Shaughnessy, Professor of History, University of Virginia
"Stephen Conway’s Short History takes a remarkably enlarged view of the American Revolutionary War: from a rebellion in the British colonies of North America to the intervention of European powers, to fighting that spread round the globe, to a post-war settlement in which Britain fared unexpectedly well. Conway has told this sprawling story with authority and clarity. He has shown that while the British were unable to keep thirteen of their American colonies, they did have the fiscal and naval resources to survive the war and fare better than their enemies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. This Short History is just the place to begin to understand the American Revolutionary War." --Ira D. Gruber, Harris Masterson, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History, Rice University
About the Author/作者介绍： 斯蒂芬•康威(Stephen Conway)是英国伦敦大学学院历史系的教授。他是《美国独立战争》，《不列颠群岛和美国独立战争》，《英国18世纪中叶时期的战争，国家和社会动态》的作者。Stephen Conway is Professor of History at University College London.
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