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The Perils of Peace
Thomas Fleming
其他書名
America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown
出版Harper Collins, 2009-10-13
主題History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)History / Military / United StatesHistory / Wars & Conflicts / GeneralPolitical Science / History & Theory
ISBN00618701029780061870101
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sGWLRCoOqrEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The acclaimed historian presents a “captivating account of a surprisingly little-known period” at the close of the American Revolution (Kirkus, starred review).

On October 19, 1781, Great Britain’s best army surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. But the future of the thirteen former colonies was far from clear. 13,000 British troops still occupied New York City, and another 13,000 regulars and armed loyalists were scattered from Canada to Georgia. Meanwhile, the American army had not been paid for years and was on the brink of mutiny.

In Europe, America’s only ally, France, teetered on the verge of bankruptcy and was soon reeling from a disastrous naval defeat in the Caribbean. A stubborn George III dismissed Yorktown as a minor defeat and refused to yield an acre of “my dominions” in America. In Paris, Ambassador Benjamin Franklin confronted violent hostility toward France among his fellow members of the American peace delegation.

In The Perils of Peace, Thomas Fleming moves between the key players in this drama and shows that the outcome we take for granted was far from certain. With fresh research and masterful storytelling, Fleming breathes new life into this tumultuous but little known period in America’s history.