Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war.
For educated Americans like Joseph Ellis, Vietnam is a special hang-up. I am an Englishman of exactly the Vietnam generation, a couple of years young… - Geoffrey Wheatcroft
For educated Americans like Joseph Ellis, Vietnam is a special hang-up. I am an Englishman of exactly the Vietnam generation, a couple of years young…
- Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British s… - Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British s…
The great twin political problems of the age are the brutality of the right, and the dishonesty of the left. - Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The great twin political problems of the age are the brutality of the right, and the dishonesty of the left.
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