Prologue 1(2)
PART ONE AN OPPORTUNITY IN VIRGINIA
Washington and Rochambeau
3(14)
Sea Power for the General
17(9)
"The parricide Arnold"
26(11)
Copper Bottoms
37(11)
Head of Elk
48(10)
The Battle of Cape Henry
58(14)
"An attempt to conquer Virginia"
72(11)
PART TWO GREENE AND CORNWALLIS: LOOKING NORTH
The Beginning of the End
83(6)
The American Command
89(11)
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
100(10)
A Pyrrhic Victory
110(11)
Reinforcing the Chesapeake
121(9)
"[T]he Enemy have turned so much of their attention to the Southern States"
130(14)
The Battle of Blandford
144(25)
PART THREE THE FIGHT ON LAND AND SEA
The British War at Sea
169(15)
Juncture
184(11)
"I am inclined to think well of York"
195(15)
The Promise of a Fleet
210(14)
The Battle of Green Springs
224(12)
The March on New York
236(15)
An Operation to the Southward
251(12)
The Arrival of de Grasse
263(12)
The Battle of the Capes
275(15)
"The Signal was not understood"
290(15)
The Siege of Yorktown
305(18)
Epilogue: "A most glorious day" 323(11)
Time Line 334(3)
Acknowledgments 337(2)
Endnotes 339(26)
Bibliography 365(5)
Index 370