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The Compleat Victory: The Battle of Saratoga and the American Revolution de Kevin J. Weddle

The Compleat Victory: The Battle of Saratoga and the American Revolution: Pivotal Moments in American History

Autor Kevin J. Weddle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 sep 2024

Subliniem apariția volumului The Compleat Victory, o lucrare ce se impune deja ca autoritatea definitivă asupra campaniei de la Saratoga. Publicată în prestigioasa serie Pivotal Moments in American History a editurii Oxford University Press, această ediție de tip paperback oferă o perspectivă strategică totală asupra anului 1777, un moment în care soarta Războiului de Independență American era departe de a fi decisă. Autorul Kevin J. Weddle reconstruiește meticulos drumul de la capturarea facilă a Fortului Ticonderoga de către britanici până la capitularea surprinzătoare a generalului Burgoyne în fața forțelor conduse de Horatio Gates și Benedict Arnold.

Reținem modul în care Kevin J. Weddle depășește simpla cronică a bătăliei, integrând analiza deciziilor politice luate la Londra cu realitățile brutale ale terenului nord-american. Lucrarea extinde cadrul propus de Saratoga de Rupert Furneaux cu date noi despre erorile logistice și de comunicare ale comandamentului britanic. În timp ce Saratoga 1777 de Brendan Morrissey se concentrează pe detaliile tactice ale confruntării, The Compleat Victory oferă o sinteză superioară, demonstrând cum o expediție de aprovizionare s-a transformat într-o rută care a schimbat cursul istoriei mondiale prin atragerea Franței în conflict. Tonul este unul analitic, evitând triumfalismul și punând accent pe contingențele care au făcut ca victoria americană să fie, într-adevăr, „completă”.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780197695166
ISBN-10: 0197695167
Pagini: 540
Ilustrații: 10 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Pivotal Moments in American History

Locul publicării:New York, United States

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Despre autor

Kevin J. Weddle este un istoric militar de renume, profesor de istorie militară și strategie la U.S. Army War College. Expertiza sa academică și experiența în cadrul armatei americane îi conferă o perspectivă unică asupra complexității campaniilor militare. Pentru The Compleat Victory, a fost recompensat cu numeroase premii, printre care Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize și Society of the Cincinnati Prize, confirmându-și statutul de specialist de top în studiul Războiului de Independență American.

Descriere

Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award, Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize & Winner of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 2024 NASDR Excellence in American History Book AwardIn The Compleat Victory, award-winning military historian Kevin J. Weddle traces an epic panorama of strategy and chance--from London, to Quebec, to Philadelphia, to New York--that ultimately led to the decisive conclusion at Saratoga.In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany. When British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga with unexpected ease in July of 1777, it looked as if it was a matter of time before they would break the rebellion in the North. Less than three and a half months later, however, a combination of the Continental Army and Militia forces, commanded by Major General Horatio Gates and inspired by the heroics of Benedict Arnold, forced Burgoyne to surrender his entire army. The American victory stunned the world and changed the course of the war. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most authoritative history of the Battle of Saratoga to date, explaining with verve and clarity why events unfolded the way they did. In the end, British plans were undone by a combination of distance, geography, logistics, and an underestimation of American leadership and fighting ability. Taking Ticonderoga had misled Burgoyne and his army into thinking victory was assured. Saratoga, which began as a British foraging expedition, turned into a rout. The outcome forced the British to rethink their strategy, inflamed public opinion in England against the war, boosted Patriot morale, and, perhaps most critical of all, led directly to the Franco-American alliance. Weddle unravels the web of contingencies and the play of personalities that ultimately led to what one American general called "the Compleat Victory."

Recenzii

The Compleat Victory is a suitable book for upper-division history courses on the American Revolution as well as military history buffs looking for a page-turner on an important campaign that played a significant role in achieving the independence of the United States.
The fullest, most accurate, and most readable account of this most decisive battle of the Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Saratoga must be seen in the immediate context of the American Revolution, but Kevin Weddle's book goes far beyond that, showing how it fits within the larger story of the British Empire, and why it was influenced by events that took place from London to Philadelphia to Montreal. Though the breadth of the book's scope is wide, the center of the story remains the bloody combat at Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights, and its beginnings and aftermath. The book that emerges is nearly flawless, beautifully written, learned, and insightful
Kevin Weddle's account of the Saratoga campaign offers a thoughtful and detailed analysis of the strategy, leadership, and tactics of a turning point in the American Revolution. In addition to telling a fine story, he illuminates the motives, decisions, and actions of the principal characters, including the ambitious and pompous John Burgoyne, the aloof and fatalistic Philip Schuyler, the militarily able and politically devious Horatio Gates, and the brilliant and mercurial Benedict Arnold.
Winner of the US Army War College's John J. Madigan Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Book Category
A significant contribution to the military history of the Revolutionary War.
A gripping account of a campaign that was crucial in the struggle for American independence. Weddle ably explains both how the Patriots won and how the British lost, teasing out the interactions and offering an explanation at the strategic, operational and tactical levels.
The Compleat Victory promises to become a classic account of Saratoga, which Kevin Weddle describes as not merely a battlefield defeat but 'a strategic, operational, and tactical catastrophe' for the British. With a balanced critique of the leadership on both sides and meticulously researched, this interpretation is of particular interest for being written by a former soldier, who served in two combat deployments, in addition to teaching at West Point and the U.S. Army War College, during which he led staff rides to Saratoga.
In late 1776, as we all know, the British had captured the city with ease under Gen. William Howe, driving Gen. George Washington across the Delaware River. Mr. Weddle deftly recounts Britain's deliberations at this key point.
Balanced in its analysis and critique of British and American strategic leadership, exhaustively researched, and vividly narrated, The Compleat Victory is a significant contribution to the field of American Revolutionary War studies. . . . In The Compleat Victory, Weddle has undoubtedly produced the definitive account of the Saratoga campaign.
Kevin Weddle has waded into the fray to help us understand this historical problem by investigating the Saratoga campaign on three levels: strategic, operational and tactical. The resulting book, The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution, is the most comprehensive telling of the campaign to date.
The Compleat Victory is a reminder that the hard-learned lessons of today's conflicts are eerily like the lessons taught more than two centuries ago... Leaders and staffs must continually examine and evaluate their assumptions on the character or nature of the fight they are in. Weddle's book will make a fine addition to the library of those seeking to understand the nuances of leadership at operational and strategic echelons.
While the American side of the conflict has been covered in detail, including the problems between the Continental Army and the Continental Congress, the British side of the war has not been covered. One of the book's greatest strengths is its correction of that forgotten narrative. Weddle's background as a military strategist plays an important part in his critique of the campaign The Compleat Victory is a suitable book for upper-division history courses on the American Revolution as well as military history buffs looking for a page-turner on an important campaign that played a significant role in achieving the independence of the United States.
Is there a need for yet another history of the Battle of Saratoga? The answer is yes, and it is Kevin J. Weddle's Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution. . . .The Compleat Victory is the most thoroughgoing and complete study of Saratoga. Weddle's research is sound and wide ranging, his analyses and conclusions are compelling, and his writing is engaging. He weaves strategic, operational, and tactical decisions, actions, and outcomes together seamlessly. Kevin J. Weddle has written the authoritative account of the Saratoga campaign.

Notă biografică

Kevin J. Weddle is Professor of Military Theory and Strategy and Elihu Root Chair of Military Studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A West Point graduate, he served in the US Army for 28 years on active duty in command and staff positions in the United States and overseas, including Operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom, before retiring as a colonel.