EARLY AMERICAN WAR WORDS

Download or read book EARLY AMERICAN WAR WORDS written by B. Bruce-Briggs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide primarily for students of 18th Century North American military history, but not only for them. Concentrating on the Seven Years War / French and Indian War, reaching back to the War of the Austrian Succession and forward to the American Revolution. Covers the British regulars, colonial ÒprovincialÓ troops, rangers, other auxiliaries, and Indian allies. Also French, Indian, and rebel enemies. The 2500 entries are an alphabetical listing of definitions of terms unfamiliar to modern readers, plus descriptions of British and colonial institutions, plus a gazetteer of confusing places, plus remarks on style, and on later historiansÕ conventions.