The Battle for New York

2002 Walker trade paperback, Barnet Schecter. The Battle for New York tells the story of how the city became the pivot on which the American Revolution turned - from the political and religious struggles of the 1760's and the early 1770's that polarised its citizens and increasingly made New York a hotbed of radical thought and action; to the campaign of 1776 that turned New York into a series of battlefields; to the seven years of British occupation, during which time Washington and Congress were as determined to regain the city as the British were to hold it. The extraordinary campaign in the autumn of 1776, which forms the dramatic heart of the book, was by far the largest military venture of the Revolutionary War, involving almost every significant participant in the war on both sides. During it, the fate of America hung in the balance. More over, the outcome had a direct impact on the major turning points of the rest of the war. - Google Books