{"product_id":"southern-gambit-cornwallis-and-the-british-march-to-yorktown-9780806167381","title":"Southern Gambit  Cornwallis and the British March","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world rife with conflict and tension, how does a great power prosecute an irregular war at a great distance within the context of a regional struggle, all within a global competitive environment? The question, so pertinent today, was confronted by the British nearly 250 years ago during the American War for Independence.\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: 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—1861\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":49944537858391,"sku":"9780806167381","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780806167381.jpg?v=1738811353","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/southern-gambit-cornwallis-and-the-british-march-to-yorktown-9780806167381","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}