Special operations during the American Revolution /

Tonsetic, Robert L.

Special operations during the American Revolution / Robert L. Tonsetic. - Philadelphia ; Oxford, [Eng.] : Casemate, 2013. - 272 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.

1. The capture of Fort Ticonderoga -- 2. The new providence raid -- 3. Knowlton's rangers -- 4. Whitcomb's rangers -- 5. John Paul Jones' raids on Britain's coast -- 6. Partisan warfare in the northern theater -- 7. The rise of partisan warfare in the southern theater -- 8. The whaleboat wars -- 9. George Rogers Clark's march to Vincennes.

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Special operations (Military science)--History--United States--18th century.


United States--History--American forces.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783

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