United States Army 1783-1811 by James Kochan (2001, Trade Paperback) online kaufen

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101841760870

ISBN-139781841760872

eBay Product ID (ePID)1862984

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Book TitleUnited States Army 1783-1811

Number of Pages48 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / United States

IllustratorYes, Rickman, David

GenreHistory

AuthorJames Kochan

Book SeriesMen-At-Arms Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight5.3 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume Number352

Dewey Decimal355.0097309033

Table Of Content- The 1782 Regulations - Disbandment of Army, 1783 - First American Regiment, 1784-86 - Harmar's expedition, 1790 - St Clair's massacre, 1791 - Wayne's Legion, 1792-94 - The Provisional Army, 1797-1800 - Harrison at Tippecanoe, 1811

SynopsisWhen the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) ended Washington's victorious Continental Army was disbanded. The infant United States had very mixed feelings about standing armies; but years of Indian-fighting on the frontier emphasised the need for a force larger than Josiah Harmar's original 700-man 1st American Regiment. In the event Secretary Hamilton's far-sighted reforms, which produced 'Wayne's Legion' in the early 1790s, were to be short-lived, and it took later threats of international war to stimulate the eventual expansion of the young US Army. James Kochan's meticulously researched study of a dramatic and confused period in American military history - the years of St Clair's disaster, 'Mad Anthony' Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, and Harrison's at Tippecanoe - is illustrated with many rare and important paintings and drawings., Situates the often neglected collection of English Renaissance narrative poems A Mirror for Magistrates in the cultural context of its production, locating it not as a primitive form of tragedy, but as the epitome of the de casibus literary tradition.