Table of Contents

       Preface

       PART ONE NARRATIVE I. The Beginnings

       The European Heritage

       Eighteenth Century European Warfare

       The Colonial Scene

       Colonial Militia

       The Colonies in the World Conflict, I689-1783

       The American Rifle

       The Colonial Heritage

       II. The American Revolution: First Phase

       The Outbreak

       Formation of the Continental Army

       The Invasion of Canada and the Fall of Boston

       The New Nation

       Evolution of the Continental Army

       The British Problem

       Of Strategy

       The British Offensive in 1776

       Trenton and Princeton

       III The Winning of Independence 1777-1783

       The Campaign of 1777

       Valley Forge

       First Fruits of the French Alliance

       The New Conditions of the War

       British Successes in the South

       Nadir of the American Cause

       Greene's Southern Campaign

       Yorktown: The Final Act

       The Summing Up: Reasons, Lessons, and Meaning

       PART TWO AN ARMY CHRONOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

       An Army Chronology of the American Revolution

       PART THREE A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE ON THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SECONDARY WORKS

       Reference Works

       General Military History of the Revolution-Narrative and Critical

       The Causes and Political, Economic, and Social Aspects-A Sampling

       The Military Prelude to Lexington-The British Army in America Before the Revolution

       The Outbreak

       Battles and Campaigns

       Bunker Hill and the Seige of Boston

       The Invasion of Canada

       The New York Campaign and the Battles of Trenton and Princeton

       The Campaign of 1777-The Middle States

       The Campaign of 1777-Burgoyne's Invasion and Surrender

       Campaigns in the North-1778 to the End

       The War in the South

       The Yorktown Campaign

       The West, The Frontier, and The Indians

       British Policy and Strategy

       The British Army in America