A Struggle for Power: American Revolution - Couverture souple

Draper, Theodore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349108862 ISBN 13 : 9780349108865

Editeur : Abacus, 1997

Synopsis

An account of the struggle between Great Britain and its American colonies in the mid-18th century that culminated in the War of Independence. The book asserts that the American Revolution was brought about not simply by a squabble over taxation without representation but by a much larger struggle - the struggle for power between a risen and a rising nation. Allowing the leading statesmen - such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Robert Walpole - to speak in their own words, Draper overturns long-held assumptions about the origins of revolution.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Theodore Draper (1912–2006) was the winner of the American Historical Association’s 1990 Herbert Feis Award for nonacademically affiliated historians, and is the author of numerous books, including A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs. A long-time contributor to the New York Review of Books, he was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and lived in Princeton, New Jersey.

Présentation de l'éditeur

From one of the great political journalists of our time comes a boldly argued reinterpretation of the central event in our collective past—a book that portrays the American Revolution not as a clash of ideologies but as a Machiavellian struggle for power.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349108862
• ISBN 13: 9780349108865
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 546
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible