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For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#380706-UC7
Titel	For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga
Auteur	Sobel, Robert
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Greenhill Books
Jaar van uitgave	1973
ISBN10	1853672815
ISBN13	9781853672811
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	-- Renowned and classic work of alternate history -- One event re-shapes a continent The British General John Burgoyne, heavily outnumbered by American troops, surrendered his army to General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, a major turning-point of the American Revolution. In "For Want of a Nail", however, reinforcements arrive at Saratoga, Gates's men flee, and Burgoyne is victorious. Rather than openly allying itself with the American rebels, France withdraws its support, as does Spain, and the colonies surrender. Former rebels who refuse to live in the Confederation of North America established by the British leave their homes and settle in what becomes the United States of Mexico. From then on the two continental nations find themselves constant rivals, locke... (Lees verder)d in military, political and economic conflict.
Pagina's	441
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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