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The global Seven Years War, 1754-1763 : Britain and France in a great power contest / Daniel Baugh.

Title: The global Seven Years War, 1754-1763 : Britain and France in a great power contest / Daniel Baugh.
Author: Baugh, Daniel A.
Publication: Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2011.

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Description

736 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Daniel Baugh, a leading authority on 18th century maritime history looks at the Seven Years War as it unfolded - from the failure of Anglo-French negotiations over the Ohio territories in 1784 through the official declaration of war in 1756 to the treaty of Paris which formally ended hostilities between England and France in 1763.

Series Statement

Modern wars in perspective

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

North America's emerging importance 2 -- Canada's utility for France 5 -- A global contest 8 -- Geography and policy 14 -- 2 Statesmen and regimes 17 -- The Duke of Newcastle 18 -- The Earl of Hardwicke 20 -- William Pitt 24 -- The duc de Choiseul 28 -- Origins: the contested regions, 1748-54 35 -- Acadia and Nova Scotia 36 -- The New York frontier 44 -- Ohio: the French predicament 46 -- Ohio: the French solution 53 -- Virginia responds 59 -- A contest in India: Dupleix's project 66 -- 4 Risking war, 1754-55 73 -- Unreadiness of the British colonies 73 -- Britain raises the stakes 79 -- The futile negotiation 83 -- Britain and Europe 91 -- London under pressures, Versailles under illusions 101 -- 5 War without declaration: North America, 1755 111 -- The French navy gambles and wins 112 -- Nova Scotia 117 -- Braddock and disaster 124 -- Campaigns in northern New York 133 -- 6 Indecision in Europe: May to December 1755 141 -- The seizure of French shipping, 1755 142 -- The Netherlands and Hanover 147 -- Pitt and the Russian subsidy 155 -- Paralysis at Versailles 162 -- 7 French triumphs, British blunders, 1756 169 -- France's initial war plan 170 -- France and the Diplomatic Revolution 174 -- Admiral Byng and the French conquest of Minorca 182 -- Oswego destroyed 195 -- British and American armies 203 -- 8 France's new war plan, 1756-57 213 -- Pitt attains his goal 213 -- War begins on the continent 221 -- France's new war plan 225 -- The trial of Admiral Byng 229 -- Pitt, George II and Germany 235 -- The French invasion of Germany 242 -- A Hanoverian policy 248 -- Louisbourg and Lake George 253 -- The Rochefort expedition 262 -- 9 The tide turns, 1758 271 -- The French army in Germany: defeat and disaster 273 -- War in India: Bengal 282 -- Achieving naval superiority 297 -- Raids on the French Channel coast 306 -- France in distress 311 -- 10 The Atlantic and North America, 1758 319 -- Sea power and shipping 320 -- West Africa 330 -- Changing conditions of warfare in North America 332 -- The conquest of Louisbourg 338 -- Ticonderoga and Frontenac 348 -- Mountains and Indians: the road to Fort Duquesne 356 -- 11 The West Indies and North America, 1759 377 -- Martinique and Guadeloupe 377 -- Niagara and Lake Champlain 385 -- Montcalm, Vaudreuil and the defence of Canada 396 -- The capture of Quebec 404 -- 12 The British victory at sea, 1759 421 -- Invasion threat and blockade of Brest 422 -- Lagos Bay and Quiberon Bay 431 -- France defeated: the war lost 443 -- 13 Britain conquers afar, disunity looms at home 453 -- Choiseul's approach to peace, 1759-60 454 -- War in India: the Coromandel Coast 462 -- The conquest of Canada, 1760 483 -- Pitt and the German war 494 -- The Pitt-Newcastle administration undermined 501 -- 14 The chance of peace, 1761 511 -- Antecedents: Spain, Austria, Russia and Ferdinand's winter campaign 512 -- Choiseul's two negotiations 521 -- Belle-Íie and Westphalia 526 -- The Anglo-French negotiation 536 -- Choiseul and the lost chance of peace 544 -- Pitt's resignation and the path to war with Spain 550 -- 15 Peacemaking, 1762: concessions before conquests 559 -- Aftermath of Pitt's resignation 561 -- The German war and the Prussian subsidy 566 -- Martinique conquered 575 -- The secret negotiation 581 -- The defence of Portugal 590 -- The capture of Havana 598 -- Peace with bitterness 609 -- 16 Conclusion and aftermath 621 -- Fundamental causes of British military success 622 -- Why peace was delayed 628 -- The significance of 1762 632 -- Outcomes: peace terms, finances, navies, Spain and France 639 -- Britain and North America 650.

ISBN

9780582092396 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011006092

OCLC

704120612
SCSB-12525377

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library