The Improbable Victory: The Campaigns, Battles and Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1775-83

A lavishly illustrated volume marking the defining point in American history. Published to coincide with the official opening of the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, this book will have a wide appeal to anyone interested in the difficult birth of the United States.

Daniel Marston BA MA (McGill) DPhil (Oxon.) FRHistS holds a Professorship in Military Studies and is also the Principal of the Military and Defence Studies Program at the Australian Command & Staff College in Canberra. He previously held the Ike Skelton Distinguished Chair of the Art of War at the US Army Command and General Staff College and was a Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, he has been working with the USA, USMC, and British Army in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2006.
Dr Chris McNab is an author and editor. He has published over 40 books, including America’s Elite: US Special Forces from the Revolution to the Present Day (2013), Twentieth Century Small Arms (2001), Gunfighters -The Outlaws and their weapons (2005, contributing editor), and The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War (2000). He is the co-author of Tools of Violence (2008) and has recently completed Deadly Force (2009), both for Osprey. Chris has also contributed to The Times on the war in Iraq.