{"product_id":"southern-gambit-cornwallis-and-the-british-march-to-yorktown-9780806161853","title":"Southern Gambit  Cornwallis and the British March","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a closely observed, comprehensive account of Britain’s failed strategy in the American South during the American War for Independence. Approaching the campaign from the British perspective, this book restores a critical but little-studied chapter to the narrative of the Revolutionary War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting from the British perspective, Carpenter has given us an incisive new look at Cornwallis's march to folly in the South. \u003ci\u003eSouthern Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e offers the best explanation of why the earl, the master tactician, came to grief when matched against Nathanael Greene, the master strategist. This is a splendid book.\"\" - Mark Edward Lender, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFatal Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Stanley Carpenter's \u003ci\u003eSouthern Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh and original reexamination of British operations during the Southern Campaign. Through lively prose and careful and probing analyses, Carpenter has delivered a welcome contribution to our understanding of the American Revolution in the southern colonies.\"\" - Ricardo Herrera, author of \u003ci\u003eFor Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e1861\u003c\/i\u003e|\"\"A marvelous account not only for military history devotees, but also for general Revolutionary War readers.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[Southern Gambit] is a marvelous account not only for military history devotees, but also for general Revolutionary War readers.\"\"  -  \u003ci\u003eGazette-Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49950767612247,"sku":"9780806161853","price":26.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780806161853.jpg?v=1738901442","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/southern-gambit-cornwallis-and-the-british-march-to-yorktown-9780806161853","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}