Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
List of Charts xv
Foreword xxix
Preface xxxiii
Introduction 1
Part 1 American Revolution, 1773-1775
1 British Pyre 19
2 American Origins 26
3 European Gunpowder 40
4 Canadian Invasion 56
5 Colonial Sea Power 74
6 British Evacuation 104
Part 2 Civil War, 1776-1777
7 British Attack 115
8 Freshwater Fleets 140
9 American Riposte 154
10 British Surrender 174
11 American Sea Power 189
Part 3 World War, 1778-1780
1778
12 Bourbon Alliance 204
13 French Firepower 214
14 British Survival 230
15 Caribbean Sea 252
16 Indian Empire 266
1779
17 Spanish Patience 276
18 Bourbon Invasion 284
19 British Resourcefulness 295
20 Caribbean Crisis 304
21 French Incompetence 312
22 American Destruction 324
1780
23 British Dominance 342
24 Allied Recommitment 367
25 Spanish Skill 389
26 Russian Meddling 396
Part 4 American Independence, 1781
27 Dutch Disaster 411
28 British Obsession 420
29 French Escapes 428
30 Allied Success 444
Epilogue 461
Glossary of Nautical Terms 477
Notes 481
Bibliography 523
Index 545