Corbett is revisiting here an argument that has raged since the 1779 Parliamentary inquiries into the loss of Burgoyne's army. Corbett explains that the British general's plans were, to start with, more a list "of possibilities" (4) and that "implementing such a plan would be Germain's responsibility, and one he let slip by" (5). But rather than emphasizing the military side of the operation, Corbett examines the cultural setting of the campaign, maintaining that " Burgoyne did not realize that his plans would have to be imposed upon an already existing and confusing civil war, and that it would be difficult to separate friend from foe" (3).Ī secondary objective of the book is to exonerate Burgoyne of blame for the defeat and surrender of his army. In his latest book, historian Theodore Corbett again focuses on the American Revolutionary War in northern New York and Vermont, specifically the often covered Saratoga Campaign.
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