The Price of Folly: British Blunders in the War of American Independence

By William Seymour

This volume aims to show that but for the many political and military mistakes made by British politicians and, to a lesser extent by the service chiefs, the War of American Independence need never have been fought, and if fought, need not have been lost.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857530187
• ISBN13: 9781857530186
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"

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