The Boston Campaign: April 1775-march 1776 (Great Campaigns) [Hardcover]

Victor Brooks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Great Campaigns | Publication Date: August 21, 1999

The opening campaign of the American Revolution was the one which established the popular image of this conflict forever after. In later campaigns George Washington was to build a European-style army of reasonable proficiency, with adequate uniforms and weaponry. It was in Boston and its surrounding villages, however, that the American Revolution of legend was fought, where some of Britain's finest regiments were bested by embattled farmers and tradesmen, without uniforms and with improvised weapons.Having been defeated at the villages of Lexington and Concord, the British found themselves besieged in Boston by a hastily-assembled army of Massachusetts militiamen. While unprofessional in appearance, many of the rebels were armed with rifled hunting pieces, which could strike massed troops moving across open ground with deadly accuracy. A British attempt to storm the main rebel position at Bunker Hill resulted in the single bloodiest engagement of the war. The British were forced to withdraw by sea to Canada, ending the first phase of the Revolutionary War in an American victory.Villanova professor Victor Brooks has taken a fresh approach to the Lexington-Concord-Bunker Hill-Evacuation campaign. The political and strategic considerations of the opponents are balanced with a wealth of operational detail. Of particular interest is the account of how the well-thought-out British combined arms assault on Bunker Hill fell apart. The main text is supplemented by sidebars, detailed orders of battle and specially commissioned maps in the classic Great Campaigns style.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (August 21, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580970079
• ISBN-13: 978-1580970075
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,480,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Single Reference on the Battles of Concord/Lexington, Bunker Hill and Dorcester Heights!, March 6, 2007

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This review is from: The Boston Campaign: April 1775-march 1776 (Great Campaigns) (Hardcover)

Victor Brooks "The Boston Campaign" constitutes the best available single reference on the first twelve months of the American Revolutionary War. This extremely useful and well-written reference book covers the battles of Concord and Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Dorcester heights, beginning in April 1775 and ending in March 1776.

The book is filled with first-hand accounts of the fighting -(both British and American), informative tone boxes (covering everything from the leading political and military figures on both sides to the opposing armies and soldiers), excellent maps (which make it easy to follow the military events so well described), and detailed orders of battle of both armies.

The author concludes with an excellent analysis of why events unfolded as they did. The result is one of the handiest and most useful references on the critical first year of the war.

This is the book for any reader interested in purchasing a single volume on the opening battles of the Revolutionary War.

And those interested in visiting and walking the battlefields where it all began should have this book in their pocket!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly informative, May 22, 2006

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Michael N. Ryan (Bel AIr, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Boston Campaign: April 1775-march 1776 (Great Campaigns) (Hardcover)

Best book on the subject I have yet to find, this book is highly informative. Gives the reader excellant background and dietailed coverage. Its main volume is easy to read. Seperate Articles on various sub subjects are highly informative and can be read with the chapters they are attached to or seperately.

I highly recomend this book for those interested in the American revolution and the Early phase in peticular.