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Redcoats - The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763 (Paperback, New Ed)
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Redcoats - The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763 (Paperback, New Ed)
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In the last decade, scholarship has highlighted the significance of
the Seven Years War for the destiny of Britain's Atlantic empire.
This major 2001 study offers an important perspective through a
vivid and scholarly account of the regular troops at the sharp end
of that conflict's bloody and decisive American campaigns. Sources
are employed to challenge enduring stereotypes regarding both the
social composition and military prowess of the 'redcoats'. This
shows how the humble soldiers who fought from Novia Scotia to Cuba
developed a powerful esprit de corps that equipped them to defy
savage discipline in defence of their 'rights'. It traces the
evolution of Britain's 'American Army' from a feeble, conservative
and discredited organisation into a tough, flexible and innovative
force whose victories ultimately won the respect of colonial
Americans. By providing a voice for these neglected shock-troops of
empire, Redcoats adds flesh and blood to Georgian Britain's 'sinews
of power'.
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