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Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America, 1775-1783

Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America, 1775-1783

Bowler, Arthur R.

Hardcover

Series: Princeton Legacy Library, Book 1468

General Military HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 0691644969
ISBN13: 9780691644967
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Apr 19 2016
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The myth of the eighteenth-century British war machine persists, perplexing those who search for the reasons why Britain lost the Revolutionary War. In this book, R. Arthur Bowler argues that although recent and traditional studies have pointed out many problems of the British forces in America, they have failed to appreciate a major weakness--logistics.

The author draws on the remarkably complete records of British government offices concerned with logistics during the Revolutionary War and army service departments such as commissary, quartermaster and barrack-master generals to provide a full account of the everyday life of the British army and an accurate record of how logistical and administrative problems in America affected the course of the war. His study makes it clear that the British army in America depended almost entirely on Britain for supplies, and that for six years inadequate and sometimes corrupt administration seriously affected the course of operations and the morale of the troops. An organization capable of supplying the army was not developed until 1781, too late to change the outcome of the war.

Originally published in 1975.

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