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The Resource The bells of victory : the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762, Richard Middleton, (electronic resource)

The bells of victory : the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762, Richard Middleton, (electronic resource)

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'Our Bells are worn threadbare with ringing for victory', wrote Horace Walpole after receiving news of Wolfe's victory at Quebec in October 1759. Traditional accounts of the Seven Years' War have emphasized the contribution of the Elder Pitt to the success of Britain in Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, India and the Far East. The Bells of Victory argues that such a view is misguided and that, far from exercising single-handed control, Pitt's influence was necessarily circumscribed. The margin between military success and failure was extremely small, and the British authorities worked within constraints imposed by constitutional propriety and political expediency. Effective government action was the result of teamwork by many individuals in the diverse fields of diplomacy, politics, finance, the army, navy, ordnance and commissariat.--
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The bells of victory : the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762
Title
The bells of victory
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the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762
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Richard Middleton
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Language
eng
Summary
'Our Bells are worn threadbare with ringing for victory', wrote Horace Walpole after receiving news of Wolfe's victory at Quebec in October 1759. Traditional accounts of the Seven Years' War have emphasized the contribution of the Elder Pitt to the success of Britain in Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, India and the Far East. The Bells of Victory argues that such a view is misguided and that, far from exercising single-handed control, Pitt's influence was necessarily circumscribed. The margin between military success and failure was extremely small, and the British authorities worked within constraints imposed by constitutional propriety and political expediency. Effective government action was the result of teamwork by many individuals in the diverse fields of diplomacy, politics, finance, the army, navy, ordnance and commissariat.--
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1941-
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Middleton, Richard
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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  • Pitt, William
  • Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles
  • Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
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The bells of victory : the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762, Richard Middleton, (electronic resource)
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online resource
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CR9780511522727
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1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages)
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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9780511522727
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computer
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rdamedia
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c
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digital, PDF file(s).
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remote
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(OCoLC)1030088974
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The bells of victory : the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762, Richard Middleton, (electronic resource)
Link
http://ezproxy.eui.eu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511522727
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
CR9780511522727
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780511522727
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1030088974

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