Format:
Online-Ressource (321 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780814722701
Series Statement:
Warfare & Culture
Content:
The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers, or British white settlers, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire fight against New France and her Native American allies with minimal involvement from England. Most British officers and government officials viewed the colonial soldiers as ill-disciplined, unprofessional, and incompetent: General John Forbes called them "a gathering from the scum of the worst people." Many historians of the period tend to agree, and the story that the New England war effort was not as noble and her soldiers not as heroic as local
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The New England Provincial Soldier: A Problem of Perception; PART I : WARFARE ON THE NEW ENGLAND FRONTIER; 1 The Initiation of War and the New England Military System; 2 Garrisons: The First Line of Defense; 3 Provincial Forts: The Magnet; 4 Scouts: Patrols, Probes, and Raids; 5 Expeditions: The Anglo-American Partnership; 6 Stores of War: The Logistical Nightmare; PART II: THE PROVINCIAL SOLDIER; 7 Recruiting: Gone for a Soldier; 8 Officers: Chosen to Lead; 9 Battle Drill and Fighting Spirit
,
10 Battle Experience: Facing the Enemy11 The Wounds of War; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author;
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814722718
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814722701
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rustic Warriors : Warfare and the Provincial Soldier on the New England Frontier, 1689-1748
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
