Strategy in the American War of Independence

Donald Stoker is Professor of Strategy and Policy for the U.S. Naval War College’s Monterey Program. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including the prize-winning The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War (OUP, 2010).Kenneth J. Hagan, Professor Emeritus, the U.S. Naval Academy, served as Professor of Strategy and Policy for the U.S. Naval War College’s Monterey Program from 1999-2010. He is the author of many books, including This People's Navy: The Making of American Sea Power (Free Press).Michael T. McMaster is a Professor of Joint Maritime Operations for the U.S. Naval War College's Montery Program. A retired U.S. Navy Commander, he is the co-editor of In Peace and War: Interpretations of American Naval History (Praeger, 2008).

‘A thoroughly competent, multifaceted collection of essays that throw light on a complex campaign and which, as a bonus for modernists, raise uncomfortable questions about current campaigns as well.’ Geoffrey Till, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 22, 2, June 2011'...the book provides a unique product that contains insightful analysis for those attempting to understand the strategic context of the American Revolution from the perspectives of both major and minor participants.' - Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 34, No. 2, 283, April 2011'All of the essays are interesting, scholarly and engaging. The editors have performed an excellent job in avoiding the repetition or duplication of material. The volume will be of great use to lecturers teaching third-year undergraduate and postgraduate courses; the engaged general reader will find much of interest in it. Perhaps the only criticism that can be made would be that some idea of what "strategy" might have meant to Washington or Greene would have made an interesting chapter: an exploration of their understanding of history and war might have been illuminating.' Philip Williams, The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord'Strategy in the American War of Independence will prove valuable reading for anyone seriously interested in the Revolutionary War or strategy.' Albert Nofi, The NYMAS Review

• Preface. Introduction Eric Grove 1. Colonial Military Strategy Donald Stoker and Michael Jones 2. The Birth of American Naval Strategy Kenneth J. Hagan 3. British Military Strategy Jeremy Black 4. British Naval Strategy: War on a Global Scale John Reeve 5. The King’s Friends: Loyalists in British Strategy Ricardo A. Herrera 6. Ambivalent Allies: Strategy and the Native Americans Karim M. Tiro 7. French Strategy and the American Revolution: A Reappraisal James Pritchard 8. Spanish Policy and Strategy Thomas E. Chávez 9. Dutch Maritime Strategy Victor Enthoven 10. The League of Armed Neutrality, 1780-83 Leos Müller