TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,T.Cole
TI  - Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution
T2  - Early American Studies
SN  - 9780812296556
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - gnd
KW  - Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
KW  - Amerikanischer Kriegsgefangener
KW  - Gesellschaft
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Fernzugriff
N1  - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Style -- Introduction. Words About War -- Chapter 1. The Vision of War -- Chapter 2. The Novelty of War -- Chapter 3. The Realities of War -- Chapter 4. The Fortune of War -- Chapter 5. The Vengeance of War -- Conclusion. The Memory of War -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
N2  - Examining how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war, Captives of Liberty reveals a cycle of violence, retaliation, and revenge that spiraled out of control, transforming a struggle for colonial independence into a revolutionary war
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/maxweberstiftung-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6002287
ER  -