Piers Mackesy
Piers Mackesy is Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of The War for America , Statesmen at War and War Without Victory , among others. He was awarded the Templar Medal for British Victory in Egypt.
Piers Mackesy is Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of The War for America , Statesmen at War and War Without Victory , among others. He was awarded the Templar Medal for British Victory in Egypt. See less
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Piers Mackesy book reviews
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The war for America, 1775-1783
Why Did the Brits Lose America?
It wasn't because any major personality involved on the British side was incompetent, although Mackesy comes closer to such a view than O'Shaughnessy ("The Men Who Lost America," 2013) who doesn't ... Read More
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The war for America, 1775-1783
Important Work
by Jim80, Mar 16, 2013
Although too often the history of the American Revolution is told almost exclusively from the Patriot/Rebel side, the British story is worthy of consideration as well. If this interests you, this is ... Read More