{"product_id":"the-boston-campaign-april-1775march-1776-great-campaigns","title":"The Boston Campaign: April 1775-march 1776 (Great Campaigns)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe opening campaign of the American Revolution was the one which established the popular image of this conflict forever after. In later campaigns George Washington was to build a European-style army of reasonable proficiency  with adequate uniforms and weaponry. It was in Boston and its surrounding villages  however  that the American Revolution of legend was fought  where some of Britains finest regiments were bested by embattled farmers and tradesmen  without uniforms and with improvised weapons.Having been defeated at the villages of Lexington and Concord  the British found themselves besieged in Boston by a hastily-assembled army of Massachusetts militiamen. While unprofessional in appearance  many of the rebels were armed with rifled hunting pieces  which could strike massed troops moving across open ground with deadly accuracy. A British attempt to storm the main rebel position at Bunker Hill resulted in the single bloodiest engagement of the war. The British were forced to withdraw by sea to Canada  ending the first phase of the Revolutionary War in an American victory.Villanova professor Victor Brooks has taken a fresh approach to the Lexington-Concord-Bunker Hill-Evacuation campaign. The political and strategic considerations of the opponents are balanced with a wealth of operational detail. Of particular interest is the account of how the well-thought-out British combined arms assault on Bunker Hill fell apart. The main text is supplemented by sidebars  detailed orders of battle and specially commissioned maps in the classic Great Campaigns style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963048751157,"sku":"ByrdShop_1580970079","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781580970075.jpg?v=1770404937","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-boston-campaign-april-1775march-1776-great-campaigns","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}