Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on German ranks and currency
- Introduction
- 1 The German soldier trade
- 2 The Hessians go to America
- 3 The victories of 1776
- 4 The Battle of Trenton
- 5 The campaigns of 1777–81
- 6 Anglo-Hessian relations
- 7 The Hessian view of the American Revolution
- 8 Hessian plundering
- 9 Hessian desertion
- 10 Recruiting in Germany
- 11 The impact of the war on Hessen
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on German ranks and currency
- Introduction
- 1 The German soldier trade
- 2 The Hessians go to America
- 3 The victories of 1776
- 4 The Battle of Trenton
- 5 The campaigns of 1777–81
- 6 Anglo-Hessian relations
- 7 The Hessian view of the American Revolution
- 8 Hessian plundering
- 9 Hessian desertion
- 10 Recruiting in Germany
- 11 The impact of the war on Hessen
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Hessians , pp. 277 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1980