How the Irish won the American Revolution : a new look at the forgotten heroes of America's War of Independence / by Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD.

Author: Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953- author.

Physical Description400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction: the forgotten Irish contribution to decisive victory -- "You have lost America by the Irish:" America's forgotten revolutionaries -- Enduring Irish legacies, myths, and popular modern memory -- Complexities of ethnicity and forgotten history -- Half of Washington's Continental Army was Celtic-Gaelic? -- A new generation of the most radical revolutionaries in America -- More of Washington's invaluable Irish commanders -- Washington's close-knit Irish "family" and other hard-hitting Irish leaders -- Conclusion: Irish odyssey.

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