The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival after Yorktown

In The Perils of Peace Fleming gives a close look at the period between the critical battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, and the treaty in Paris ending the war on September 3, 1783. The war went on, with a weak, quarrelsome confederation teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and dissolution, the...

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Published in:	The Journal of American History Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 189 - 190
Main Author:	Kaplan, Lawrence S.
Format:	Book Review
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Organization of American Historians 01-06-2008
Subjects:	American Revolution Colonial period-US French language McCullough, David G Nonfiction Peace negotiations War Washington DC United States > US West Indies
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Summary:	In The Perils of Peace Fleming gives a close look at the period between the critical battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, and the treaty in Paris ending the war on September 3, 1783. The war went on, with a weak, quarrelsome confederation teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and dissolution, the Continental army at the point of mutiny, and the French, after defeat at the battle of the Saints in the West Indies in 1782, seemingly ready to desert the fledgling republic.
ISSN:	0021-8723 1945-2314
DOI:	10.2307/25095491