For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga by Robert Sobel

For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga by Robert Sobel

For Want of a Nail is an alternate history classic. The outcome of one battle in the American Revolution diverges from reality, and sparks an unstoppable chain of events which affects the history of the whole North American continent. In reality, the British general John Burgoyne, heavily outnumbered by American troops, surrendered his army to General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, a major turning-point of the Revolution. Robert Sobel takes a step sideways and presents the alternative version: reinforcements arrive at Saratoga, Gates men flee, and Burgoyne is victorious. Rather than openly allying itself with the American rebels, France withdraws its support, as does Spain, and the colonies surrender. Those former rebels who refuse to live in the Confederation of North America established by the British leave their homes and settle in what becomes the United States of Mexico. From then on the two continental nations find themselves constant rivals, locked in military, political and economic conflict. Sobel provides a detailed, intricately documented insight into two warring powers that develop in such dramatically different ways from their shared origins.

Professor Robert Sobel taught History and Economics at Hofstra University in New York. He was the author of many books and had been a business columnist for Newsday.

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ISBN 13	9781853675041
ISBN 10	1853675040
Title	For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga
Author	Robert Sobel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Greenhill Books
Year published	2002-05-08
Number of pages	442
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