000308077 000__ 02168cam\a2200277Ia\45\0 000308077 001__ 308077 000308077 005__ 20210513112947.0 000308077 008__ 060531s2006\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\d 000308077 010__ $$z 2004043064 000308077 020__ $$a0802777376 (pbk.) 000308077 0243_ $$a9780802777379 000308077 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm69659719 000308077 035__ $$a308077 000308077 040__ $$aELW$$cELW$$dTBS$$dBAKER 000308077 043__ $$an-us--- 000308077 049__ $$aISEA 000308077 090__ $$aE199$$b.F78 2006 000308077 1001_ $$aFowler, William M.,$$d1944- 000308077 24510 $$aEmpires at war :$$bthe French and Indian War and the struggle for North America, 1754-1763 /$$cWilliam M. Fowler, Jr. 000308077 260__ $$aNew York :$$bWalker & Co.,$$c2006. 000308077 300__ $$axxv, 332 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm. 000308077 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000308077 5050_ $$aLining up allies -- George Washington helps start a war -- Braddock's march -- French victory, English defeat -- Montcalm and Loudoun -- A failure and a "massacre" -- Ticonderoga -- Duquesne and Louisbourg -- Quebec besieged -- The fall of Quebec -- The year of great victories -- Pitt departs, the war expands -- The end, the beginning. 000308077 520__ $$aOn May 28, 1754, a group of militia and Indians led by 22-year-old major George Washington surprised a camp of sleeping French soldiers near present-day Pittsburgh. The brief but deadly exchange of fire that ensued, in Horace Walpole's memorable phrase, "set the world on fire." The resulting French and Indian War in North America escalated into a global conflict fought across Europe, Africa, and the East and West Indies. Before it ended, nearly one million men had died. This book captures the sweeping panorama of this first world war and the huge cast of characters who fought it, including the aristocratic French tactical genius Henry Montcalm and the gallant young Englishman James Wolfe, who both died on the field outside Quebec; Sir William Johnson, who sometimes painted his face and dressed like a warrior when he fought beside his Indian allies; and the "Great Commoner" William Pitt, who saw the world as a vast chessboard.--From publisher description. 000308077 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763. 000308077 85200 $$bgen$$hE199$$i.F78$$i2006 000308077 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:308077$$pGLOBAL_SET 000308077 980__ $$aBIB 000308077 980__ $$aBOOK 000308077 994__ $$aC0$$bISE