Disaster on the Spanish Main: The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies During the War of Jenkins' Ear

by Craig S. Chapman

Book Overview

2023 Silver Medal in History from the Military Writers Society of America

Disaster on the Spanish Main unveils and illuminates an overlooked yet remarkable episode of European and American military history and a land-sea venture to seize control of the Spanish West Indies that ended in ghastly failure. Thirty-four years before the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a significant force of American soldiers deployed overseas for the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640124314
• ISBN13: 9781640124318
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 8.9"