Mark Edward Lender, James Kirby Martin

War Without Mercy

Liberty or Death in the American Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on vivid contemporary accounts, this is a fascinating exploration of how and why the Revolutionary War descended into a brutal existential struggle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781472872678
• ISBN-10: 1472872673
• Artikelnr.: 72664701

Autorenporträt

Mark Edward Lender is Professor Emeritus of History at Kean University. He is co-author with James Kirby Martin of A Respectable Army: The Military Origins of the Republic, 1763-1783, which for several years was required reading at West Point. He lives in Richmond. James Kirby Martin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Houston. Martin is author and editor of a number of books. He is a historian advisor to the Oneida Indian Nation of New York. He lives in Houston.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue
Chapter 1: "Fighting Justly"? Jus in Bello and Its Problems
Chapter 2: Of "Enemies External and Internal" War to the Knife in
Revolutionary New Jersey
Chapter 3: Theater of Fear - Existential War in the West
Chapter 4: "A Contagion of Violence" The New York Frontier
Chapter 5: Target New London - Benedict Arnold from Jus in Bello to "Hard
Line"
Chapter 6: War without Mercy - The Tragedy of the South
Epilogue: A Word from Thucydides
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index