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Author Fleming, Thomas J.

Title The perils of peace : America's struggle for survival after Yorktown / Thomas Fleming.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.3 FLEMING    Check Shelf
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Edition First Smithsonian Books edition.
Description xv, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-341) and index.
Contents A potentially ruinous victory -- Diplomats in distress -- An empire on the brink -- The art of making something out of nothing -- Uncrowning a king -- Men talk peace but there is no peace -- Loose cannons front and center -- A peace that surpasses understanding -- Will it be peace--or civil war? -- A runaway Congress vs. a berserk Parliament -- George Washington's tears.
Subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Peace.
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
ISBN 9780061139109
0061139106
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