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1777 - Tipping Point at Saratoga (Hardcover)
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1777 - Tipping Point at Saratoga (Hardcover)
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1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga covers the history of the
thirty-three days of the Saratoga campaign. Utilizing historical
archaeology and the words of the men and women that served in both
armies, words taken directly from their letters, journals, diaries,
and memoirs, of which many remain unpublished, Snow weaves an
intimate and personal telling of the battles. It was for both sides
a story of endurance. The Americans fielded an improvised and
inexperienced army under Horatio Gates to face the highly trained
British and German forces led by John Burgoyne. In addition to
these initial inequalities were the advantages of short distances,
regular supply, and fresh reinforcements enjoyed by the Americans
and the disadvantages of long inadequate supply lines and thinning
ranks endured by the British and German forces. There were painful
losses on both sides, tragic deaths, and the combination of relief
and protracted pain that always accompanies armed conflict. But in
the end, the stark fact remained that one of the world's finest
armies had been beaten by a force of amateurs, changing the
direction of the American insurrection and making eventual
independence inevitable. The skein of personal stories that
comprise the bigger story of Saratoga has many threads, including
that of Benedict Arnold, whose flawed personality was not yet fully
evident. The contrasting personalities and fates of the commanding
generals, Gates and Burgoyne, are better known, but these are but a
few of the threads that form the larger story of Saratoga. By
bringing together the stories of both the famous and the anonymous
on both sides, Snow's narrative presents a thorough micro-history
of the battles that tipped the balance of the American War of
Independence.
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