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Losing America, Conquering India
- Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire
Engelsk
Bogcover for Losing America, Conquering India af Chaim M. Rosenberg, 9781476668123
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
244
ISBN-13:
9781476668123
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1476668124
Udg. Dato:
15 sep 2017
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
178mm
Højde:
254mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
15 sep 2017
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Losing America, Conquering India

- Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire
Engelsk
Paperback
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On October 19, 1781, British general Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War and conceding the independence of the United States of America. Britain soon overcame the humiliation of defeat by expanding its empire elsewhere. Five years after Yorktown, Cornwallis was installed as governor and commander of the army in India, determined to make the subcontinent the brightest jewel in the British crown.

Officers who served under him during the War rose to high positions in the British army and navy. Emulating Cornwallis''s deep sense of duty to king and country, they vigorously pursued the conquest of India, put down the 1798 Irish Rebellion, defended Canada, defeated the Dutch at the Cape of Good Hope, occupied Ceylon and battled Napoleon. Prominent among them was General Sir James Henry Craig, governor of Canada, whose clumsy attempt to spy on the U.S. was a factor in setting off the War of 1812.


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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
244
ISBN-13:
9781476668123
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1476668124
Udg. Dato:
15 sep 2017
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
178mm
Højde:
254mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
15 sep 2017
Forfatter(e):
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