Ebook {Epub PDF} Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence by John Ferling

General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. The author paints /5(). In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a .  · Almost a Miracle is a very well written, one volume, and strategic history of the military action in the American War of Independence. In a little over pages of text, Ferling attempts to show how and why the American forces won a war that at /5(3K).

Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. The author paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war. John Ferling talked about his book [Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence], published by Oxford University Press. In his book historian Ferling recounts the military. Almost a Miracle is a very well written, one volume, and strategic history of the military action in the American War of Independence. In a little over pages of text, Ferling attempts to show how and why the American forces won a war that at the beginning was beyond reasonable to expect.

Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. Ferling paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers. Carol Dobson rated it it was amazing. A comprehensive, factual and fascinating account of the dramatic years of the American Revolution. George Washington remarked that it was almost a miracle that the Americans had won the war and Ferling has used these words as the title for this book. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. The author paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and.