John Shy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1032273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Shy |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Shy |
| SIGNATURE | SHY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Crucible of Revolution: Fred Anderson’s Seven Years’ War
Francis Parkman, more than a century ago, wrote an enormously popular history of the climactic war between Great Britain and France for dominance in North America.(1) Parkman cast the struggle as a contest between the dynamic force of English Protestantism and the inflexible power of French absolutism and Catholicism, and he personified these qualities in the respective military leaders, James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm. That both men died…
General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution: From Redcoat to Rebel
The Cultural Approach to the History of War
John Shy, The Cultural Approach to the History of War, The Journal of Military History, Vol. 57, No. 5, Special Issue: Proceedings of the Symposium on "The History of War as Part of General History" at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, New Jersey (Oct., 1993), pp. 13-26
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
Winding down: The Revolutionary War Letters of Lieutenant Benjamin Gilbert of Massachusetts, 1780-1783
The First of Men: A Life of George Washington
Written by John Ferling, one of America's leading historians of the Revolutionary era, The First of Men offers an illuminating portrait of George Washington's life, with emphasis on his military and political career. Here is riveting account that captures Washington in all his complexity, recounting not only Washington's familiar sterling qualities-courage, industry, ability to make difficult decisions, ceaseless striving for self-improvement, lo…
For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America
A Divided People
War as Revolution and Social Process
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
Journal Article A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence. By John Shy. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. xv + 304 pp. Notes and index. Cloth, $12.95; paper, $3.95.) Get access Richard Buel, Jr. Richard Buel, Jr. Wesleyan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 4, March 1977, Pages 998–1000, https://d…
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
Americans like to think of themselves as a peaceful and peace-loving people, and in remembering their own revolutionary past, American historians have long tended to focus on colonial origins and Constitutional aftermath, neglecting the fact that the American Revolution was a long, hard war. In this book, John Shy shifts the focus to the Revolutionary War and explores the ways in which the experience of that war was entangled with both the causes…
The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763-1789
Journal Article The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763–1789. By Don Higginbotham. (New York: Macmillan, 1971. xvi + 509 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $12.95.) Get access John Shy John Shy University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 4, March 1972, Pages 1006–1007, https://…
Alexander Hamilton and the Idea of Republican Government
The American Military Experience: History and Learning
The American Military Experience: History and Learning An old, yet compelling idea states that international behavior may be best understood in terms of national peculiarities. In other words, a nation's behavior toward the rest of the world cannot be adequately explained as a function of the universal factors of power and interest when its behavior is irrelevant or even detrimental to those factors. And, as the debate over American international…
The American Revolution Reconsidered
Portrait of a General: Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence . William B. Willcox
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point
Journal Article Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point. By Stephen E. Ambrose. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. xv + 357 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.00.) Get access John Shy John Shy Princeton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 1, June 1967, Pages 124–125, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900353 Published: 01 June 1967
The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue, 1660-1802
Toward Lexington
This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguishe…
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Lord Dartmouth and the American Revolution
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Journal Article Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution. By John Shy. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. x + 463 pp. Map, notes, note on sources, and index. $8.50.) Get access Don Higginbotham Don Higginbotham Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 1, June 1966, Pages 110–111, https:…
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Early West Indian Government: Showing the Progress of Government in Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, 1660-1783 by Frederick G. Spurdle, The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in t…
Book Review| January 01 1965 Early West Indian Government: Showing the Progress of Government in Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, 1660-1783 by Frederick G. Spurdle, The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776 by Jack P. Greene Early West Indian Government: Showing the Progress of Government in Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, 1660-1783. By Spurdle, Frederick G.. Palmerston North,…
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Guerrillas: From The Marine Corps Gazette January 1962
A New Look at Colonial Militia
Early West Indian Government: Showing the Progress of Government in Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, 1660-1783 by Frederick G. Spurdle, The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in t…
Book Review| January 01 1965 Early West Indian Government: Showing the Progress of Government in Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, 1660-1783 by Frederick G. Spurdle, The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776 by Jack P. Greene Early West Indian Government: Showing the Progress of Government in Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, 1660-1783. By Spurdle, Frederick G.. Palmerston North,…
The Colonial Wars, 1689-1762
Loyalists and Redcoats: A Study in British Revolutionary Policy
Toward Lexington
This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguishe…
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Lord Dartmouth and the American Revolution
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Journal Article Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution. By John Shy. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. x + 463 pp. Map, notes, note on sources, and index. $8.50.) Get access Don Higginbotham Don Higginbotham Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 1, June 1966, Pages 110–111, https:…
Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
Portrait of a General: Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence . William B. Willcox
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point
Journal Article Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point. By Stephen E. Ambrose. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. xv + 357 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.00.) Get access John Shy John Shy Princeton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 1, June 1967, Pages 124–125, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900353 Published: 01 June 1967
The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue, 1660-1802
The American Revolution Reconsidered
Alexander Hamilton and the Idea of Republican Government
The American Military Experience: History and Learning
The American Military Experience: History and Learning An old, yet compelling idea states that international behavior may be best understood in terms of national peculiarities. In other words, a nation's behavior toward the rest of the world cannot be adequately explained as a function of the universal factors of power and interest when its behavior is irrelevant or even detrimental to those factors. And, as the debate over American international…
The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763-1789
Journal Article The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763–1789. By Don Higginbotham. (New York: Macmillan, 1971. xvi + 509 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $12.95.) Get access John Shy John Shy University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 4, March 1972, Pages 1006–1007, https://…
War as Revolution and Social Process
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
Journal Article A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence. By John Shy. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. xv + 304 pp. Notes and index. Cloth, $12.95; paper, $3.95.) Get access Richard Buel, Jr. Richard Buel, Jr. Wesleyan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 4, March 1977, Pages 998–1000, https://d…
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
Americans like to think of themselves as a peaceful and peace-loving people, and in remembering their own revolutionary past, American historians have long tended to focus on colonial origins and Constitutional aftermath, neglecting the fact that the American Revolution was a long, hard war. In this book, John Shy shifts the focus to the Revolutionary War and explores the ways in which the experience of that war was entangled with both the causes…
A Divided People
For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
Winding down: The Revolutionary War Letters of Lieutenant Benjamin Gilbert of Massachusetts, 1780-1783
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