Scars of Independence : : America's Violent Birth
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Tory-hunting -- Britain's dilemma -- Rubicon -- Plundering protectors -- Violated bodies -- Slaughterhouses -- Black holes -- Skiver them! Skiver them! -- Town-destroyer -- Americanizing the war -- Man for man -- Returning losers.
"The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It's a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this ... account of America's founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles, but also a profoundly violent civil war--one that shaped the nation, and the British Empire, in ways we have only begun to understand"--Amazon.com.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Publishing, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: xiv, 559 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780804137287
0804137285
SUBJECTS
Violence -- History -- 18th century.
National characteristics, American.
United States -- Social aspects. -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- Influence. -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865.