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Index
Cover
Map of the British Empire, 1777
Also by Rick Atkinson
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Epigraph
List of Maps
Map Legend
List of Illustrations
Prologue, France, February–April 1777
The Monarchs
The Diplomat
The Adventurer
Part One
Chapter 1. The March of Annihilation: Fort Ticonderoga, New York, July–August 1777
Chapter 2. This Cursed, Cut-up Land: New York, July 1777
Chapter 3. Fellows Willing to Go to Heaven: Little Neshaminy Creek, Pennsylvania, August 1777
Chapter 4. Thine Arrows Stick Fast in Me: Oriskany, New York, and Bennington, Vermont, August 1777
Chapter 5. A Barbarous Business in a Barbarous Country: Brandywine, Pennsylvania, September 1777
Chapter 6. These Are Dreadful Times: Philadelphia and Paoli, Pennsylvania, September 1777
Chapter 7. Born Under a Fiery Planet: Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 1777
Chapter 8. To Risk All Upon One Rash Stroke: Saratoga, New York, September 1777
Chapter 9. How Art Thou Fallen: Saratoga, New York, October 1777
Chapter 10. The Elements in Flames: Philadelphia, October–December 1777
Part Two
Chapter 11. The King’s War: London, November 1777–February 1778
Chapter 12. Blessed Is He That Expects Nothing: Paris, December 1777–March 1778
Chapter 13. The Vortex of Small Fortunes: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, January–June 1778
Chapter 14. I Would Rather Lose the Crown: London and Portsmouth, England, April–June 1778
Chapter 15. The French Flag in All Its Glory: Paris and the English Channel, February–July 1778
Chapter 16. Flying from a Shadow: Monmouth Court House, New Jersey, June 1778
Chapter 17. Fortune Is a Fickle Jade: New York and Newport, Rhode Island, July–August 1778
Chapter 18. A Star and a Stripe from the Rebel Flag: New York and Savannah, Georgia, October 1778–February 1779
Chapter 19. The Uncertainty of Human Prospects: Philadelphia, December 1778–February 1779
Part Three
Chapter 20. A Summons to the Queen’s House: London, January–July 1779
Chapter 21. I Detest That Sort of War: Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Stony Point, New York, March–July 1779
Chapter 22. The Valley of Bones: The American Frontier, June–September 1779
Chapter 23. Everything Is Now at Stake: British Home Waters, July–September 1779
Chapter 24. The Greatest Event That Has Happened: Savannah, Georgia, September–October 1779
Chapter 25. Eternity Is Nearer Every Day: Morristown, New Jersey, December 1779–February 1780
Chapter 26. She Stoops to Conquer: Charleston, South Carolina, February–June 1780
Epilogue, Britain and America, June 1780
Illustrations
Author’s Note
Notes
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
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