Rodney Atwood, Atwood Rodney

The Hessians

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the German auxiliaries who fought with the British against the American colonists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780521526371
• ISBN-10: 052152637X
• Artikelnr.: 22012587

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Note on German ranks and currency
Introduction
1. The German soldier trade
2. The Hessians go to America
3. The victories of 1776
4. The Battle of Trenton
5. The campaigns of 1777-81
6. Anglo-Hessian relations
7. The Hessian view of the American Revolution
8. Hessian plundering
9. Hessian desertion
10. Recruiting in Germany
11. The impact of the war on Hessen
12. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.