John W. Shy (1931–2022)
Auteur van A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
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John Shy is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan and has held positions at Princeton University, the University of London, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and the U.S. Army War College.
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- 1931
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2022-04-08
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- History Professor, University of Michigan
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- Samuel Eliot Morison Prize (2002)
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A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the… door John Shy
Fascinating collection of essays about the Revolutionary War that were all written during or just after the Vietnam War. Thus the questions are very interesting. Could the British have won American "hearts and minds"? (Probably not.) Could the Revolution have been averted if the British had been more sympathetic to the Americans. (The British were probably as sympathetic as they were going to be.) The final essay, about the American military experience from colonial days to Vietnam, is thought-provoking and still applicable, I think, post-Iraq.… (meer)
½Great book that delves into various aspects of the military struggle for American Independence. I heartily recommend it for anyone interested in American History, and on the nature of the American insurgency itself.
This book of essays is a wide ranging discussion on a variety of issues from the Revolutionary War. The essays I found most interesting were on the changing views of the militia, and the battle to win the hearts and minds of the colonists.
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