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050 00 $aE249$b.F55 2007
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100 1 $aFleming, Thomas J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80045893
245 14 $aThe perils of peace :$bAmerica's struggle for survival after Yorktown /$cThomas Fleming.
250 $a1st Smithsonian Books ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSmithsonian Books/Collins,$c2007.
300 $axv, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-341) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tA Potentially Ruinous Victory -- $g2.$tDiplomats in Distress -- $g3.$tAn Empire on the Brink -- $g4.$tThe Art of Making Something Out of Nothing -- $g5.$tUncrowning a King -- $g6.$tMen Talk Peace But There Is No Peace -- $g7.$tLoose Cannons Front and Center -- $g8.$tA Peace That Surpasses Understanding -- $g9.$tWill It Be Peace - Or Civil War? -- $g10.$tA Runaway Congress vs. A Berserk Parliament -- $g11.$tGeorge Washington's Tears.
520 1 $a"On October 19, 1781, Great Britain's best army surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. But the future of the 13 former colonies was far from clear. A 13,000 man British army still occupied New York City, and another 13,000 regulars and armed loyalists were scattered from Canada to Savannah, Georgia. Meanwhile, Congress had declined to a mere 24 members, and the national treasury was empty. The American army had not been paid for years and was on the brink of mutiny." "In his new book, Thomas Fleming moves elegantly between the key players in this drama and shows that the outcome we take for granted was far from certain. Not without anguish, General Washington resisted the urgings of many officers to seize power and held the angry army together until peace and independence arrived. With fresh research and masterful storytelling, Fleming breathes new life into this tumultuous but little known period in America's history."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xPeace.
651 0 $aYorktown (Va.)$xHistory$ySiege, 1781.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002566
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1775-1783.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140413
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1775-1783.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140061
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100124
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100252
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007017221.html
852 00 $bglx$hE249$i.F55 2007