Brandywine's War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Brandywine's War write by Robert Vaughan. This book was released on 2005. Brandywine's War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1971, the world was introduced to Brandywines War, a brilliant satiric novel of army life in the midst of battle. That book was peopled by a kooky collection of characters who managed to turn the Vietnam War into a stage for bizarre events. Now a generation later, the author of that novel revisits the picaresque protagonist, Chief Warrant Officer W. W. Brandywine who is Back in Country to fulfill an involuntary six-month extension. Brandywines War: Back in Country is a sequel to the highly-acclaimed, bestselling Brandywines War, regarded as the best iconoclastic novel to come from the Vietnam era. No matter how you felt about that tumultuous time in American history, this new book will touch your emotions. You will laugh out loud; you will weep silently, but in the end, you will be proud.
Brandywine
Brandywine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Brandywine write by Michael C. Harris. This book was released on 2017. Brandywine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Harris's Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account.
Germantown
Germantown - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Germantown write by Michael C. Harris. This book was released on 2020-07-21. Germantown available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Revolution’s Philadelphia Campaign. Today, Germantown is a busy Philadelphia neighborhood. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital—and the site of one of the American Revolution’s largest battles. Now Michael C. Harris sheds new light on this important action with a captivating historical study. After defeating Washington’s rebel army in the Battle of Brandywine, General Sir William Howe took Philadelphia. But Washington soon returned, launching a surprise attack on the British garrison at Germantown. The recapture of the colonial capital seemed within Washington’s grasp until poor decisions by the American high command led to a clear British victory. With original archival research and a deep knowledge of the terrain, Harris merges the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation into a single compelling account. Complete with original maps, illustrations, and modern photos, and told largely through the words of those who fought there, Germantown is a major contribution to American Revolutionary studies.
The Philadelphia Campaign: Brandywine and the fall of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Campaign: Brandywine and the fall of Philadelphia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Philadelphia Campaign: Brandywine and the fall of Philadelphia write by Thomas J. McGuire. This book was released on 2006. The Philadelphia Campaign: Brandywine and the fall of Philadelphia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution, focusing on Washington's defeat at Brandywine and the capture of the Continental capital in Philadelphia.
Decision at Brandywine
Decision at Brandywine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Decision at Brandywine write by Robert Dunkerly. This book was released on 2021-09-02. Decision at Brandywine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A detailed study of the turning point in one of the most important battles in American history The Battle of Brandywine, fought on September 11, 1777, along its namesake creek in the bucolic Pennsylvania countryside, was one of the largest engagements of the Revolutionary War. To those who participated in this massive battle, spread out over ten square miles and lasting from late afternoon until dark, it was unforgettable. Soon after the action, Major Joseph Bloomfield of the 3rd New Jersey recorded that it was "the grandest scene I ever saw, a sight beyond description." Brandywine was the first major battle for the recently reorganized Continental Army. Units had fought in small engagements, but not until Brandywine did the army fight as a whole against the British. As the two armies clashed, a ferocious and desperate action developed on a hill at the heart of the battlefield, and it was here where the battle's outcome was determined. Despite its size and significance--Brandywine was the third bloodiest engagement of the war, with 1,300 American and 581 British casualties--the battle has been the subject of very few studies. In Decision at Brandywine: The Battle on Birmingham Hill, historian Robert M. Dunkerly analyzes the fighting near the Birmingham Meeting House where the battle turned. By dissecting the struggle on Birmingham Hill in detail, he offers a case study in weapons, tactics, and terrain analysis critical to a holistic understanding of the entire battle and what it would mean for the future of the Continental Army. In the process he not only explains how the Continental Army's lack of uniformed training and inexperience in large open-field battles played a major role in their defeat, but also provides important information about Revolutionary War combat in general.
