The Men Who Lost America by Andrew O'shaughnessy

The Men Who Lost America by Andrew O'shaughnessy

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Prize-winning history - exposes the myth of Britain’s incompetence during the American Revolution

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The Men Who Lost America by Andrew O'shaughnessy

Prize-winning history - exposes the myth of Britains incompetence during the American Revolution

'Brilliant'

-- BBC History

'A first-rate study, scholarly, yet accessible.'

* Military History Monthly *

'Captivating.'

* TLS *

'Fascinating, well written and extensively researched.'

* Saul David, Sunday Telegraph *

'First-rank revisionist history.'

* Independent *

Andrew O’Shaughnessy is the Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Centre for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, and Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Originally from Britain, he lectured at the University of Oxford before moving to the US, where he currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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ISBN 13 9781780745015
ISBN 10 178074501X
Title The Men Who Lost America
Author Andrew O'shaughnessy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oneworld Publications
Year published 2014-07-03
Number of pages 496
Prizes Winner of New York Historical Society Book Prize 2014 (United States), Winner of Great Midwest Book Festival in the Regional Literature category, given by JM Northern Media LLC 2013 (United States), Winner of Cincinnati History Prize 2014 (United States), Winner of New York Roundtable of the American Revolution 2013 (United States), Winner of George Washington Book Prize 2014 (United States), Winner of Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award 2014 (United States), Commended for American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence 2013 (United States), Short-listed for Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History 2014 (United States)
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