Soldiers, Sugar and Seapower - The British Expeditions to the West Indies and the War Against Revolutionary France (Hardcover)

This is the first full-scale examination of the politics, economics, adminstration, and execution of the expeditions to the West Indies which were mounted by the British against the French during the Revolutionary Wars. Hitherto these have been regarded as a side-show to the campaigns that were taking place in Europe; but the author, emphasizing the importance of the Caribbean in the Atlantic economy of the late eighteenth century, explains them as a bid for decisive supremacy in the battle for trade, seapower, and the sinews of war. Britain committed tens of thousands of soldiers to the struggle, while France retaliated by inciting colonial rebellion in a war which changed the future of the Caribbean, altered European attitudes to negroes, and enabled Britain to sustain its war effort in Europe. Soldiers, Sugar, and Seapower sets the West Indies expeditions in their proper place as one of the most difficult and dangerous wars in British history, and places the fighting in its political, economic, and logistical context.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1987
Authors:	Michael Duffy (Lecturer in History)
Dimensions:	223 x 145 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-822965-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-19-822965-8
Barcode:	9780198229650

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