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Ill Starred General
Lee McCardell
其他書名
Braddock of the Coldstream Guards
出版University of Pittsburgh Pre, 2010-06-15
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Military
ISBN08229729139780822972914
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Yzf7PYY1scgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A rare combination of documented fact and good storytelling, Ill-Starred General is the biography of a much maligned man from one of history's most vital eras. The career of Edward Braddock began during the court intrigues of Queen Anne and George I, gained momentum in continental military campaigns in the early 1750s, and ended abruptly in the rout of his American army near present-day Pittsburgh in 1755. This highly acclaimed biography reveals the man—and the politics—behind his defeat, one of the major setbacks to British imperial power in the American colonies.