The perils of peace : America's struggle for survival after Yorktown / Thomas Fleming

Object Details

Contents

A potentially ruinous victory -- Diplomats in distress -- An empire on the brink -- The art of making something out of nothing -- Uncrowning a king -- Men talk peace but there is no peace -- Loose cannons front and center -- A peace that surpasses understanding -- Will it be peace--or civil war? -- A runaway Congress vs. a berserk Parliament -- George Washington's tears

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2007

Revolution, 1775-1783

Siege, 1781

1775-1783

Author

Fleming, Thomas J

Type

Books

Physical description

xv, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm

Place

United States

Yorktown (Va.)

Great Britain

Topic

History

Peace

Politics and government

Foreign relations

Record ID

siris_sil_831814

Usage

CC0