A detailed look at the American Revolutionary War as an Atlantic-wide conflict.

While many books have been written on the naval history of the Revolution, this is one of the first to treat it in its entirety as an Atlantic-wide conflict. While its geographical scope is vast, it features overlooked aspects of the war in which sloops and barges fought, actions which proved to be as decisive as the familiar ship of the line confrontations. It is also history from the bottom up, emphasizing the role of the crew as much the not always heroic officers. From naval perspective the rebellious colonies did not gain a military victory, though Benjamin Franklin was able to secure their independence at the peace table in Europe. The final chapter on the Royal Navy’s evacuation of white and black loyalists, will be examined in more detail in the author’s forthcoming Pen & Sword book.

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• PART 1: THE ESTABLISHED ROYAL NAVY
  • Chapter 1 Royal Navy Dockyards
  • Chapter 2 Administering the Royal Navy
  • Chapter 3 Coping with Rebellion
• PART 2: FORMING A NEW NAVY
  • Chapter 4 Colonial Maritime Tradition
  • Chapter 5 Congress Forms the Continental Navy
  • Chapter 6 Rebel Privateers Offer Profit
• PART 3: CANADA PRESERVED BY THE ROYAL NAVY
  • Chapter 7 Congress wants Quebec
  • Chapter 8 Creating Squadrons to Control Lake Champlain
  • Chapter 9 The Battle of Lake Champlain and the Capture of Ticonderoga
  • Chapter 10 Canada Sustained by Control of Lake Champlain
• PART 4: BLOCKADING THE COAST AND ENVELOPING NEW YORK
  • Chapter 11 The Royal Navy Blockade
  • Chapter 12 Amphibious Operations take New York
  • Chapter 13 Clinton and Wallace Sail the Hudson
• PART 5: RAIDING THE BRITISH ISLES
  • Chapter 14 American Commissioners and Captains in Europe
  • Chapter 15 A Scotsman Desires Command
  • Chapter 16 Whitehaven Attacked
  • Chapter 17 The British Isles React
  • Chapter 18 Whitehaven Defends Itself
  • Chapter 19 Jones Loses Command
  • Chapter 20 Jones Sails Again
• PART 6: THE ROYAL NAVY SUCCEEDS IN THE SOUTH
  • Chapter 21 A French Fleet and a Southern Strategy
  • Chapter 22 Charleston Besieged
  • Chapter 23 British Initiatives in the Chesapeake
• PART 7: NEW ENGLAND AND NOVA SCOTIA IN CONFLICT
  • Chapter 24 Massachusetts’ Hubris
  • Chapter 25 Halifax’s Crucial Careening Yard
  • Chapter 26 Defending Nova Scotia
• PART 8: THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR
  • Chapter 27 The Spanish Obsession with Gibraltar
  • Chapter 28 The DefendersSucceed
• PART 9: THE CONTINENTAL NAVY IN TROUBLE
  • Chapter 29 Loyalist Privateers Expand the War
  • Chapter 30 Demise of the Continental Navy
  • Chapter 31 French Assistance
• PART 10: FINAL CONFRONTATIONS
  • Chapter 32 Rodney Humiliates France
  • Chapter 33 Maryland and Virginia Humiliated
  • Chapter 34 Evacuation Becomes Migration
• Affirmations
• Notes
• Plate Section