Shy takes such a stance because the main argument that he is trying to make is that the modern understanding of what constitutes a revolutionary war can be used to prove that the American Revolutionary War falls into that category. To support this argument, Shy goes in detail for each of the three stages; Northern, Middle, and Southern strategic focus. Reason being is that within each of these stages are the strategies used by the British and how they affected the overall society in North America is what effectively cost the British the war. Such an outcome is most evident when the British scour the southern colonies in search of Loyalist support, but only spread themselves thin and subject themselves to
Shy takes such a stance because the main argument that he is trying to make is that the modern understanding of what constitutes a revolutionary war can be used to prove that the American Revolutionary War falls into that category. To support this argument, Shy goes in detail for each of the three stages; Northern, Middle, and Southern strategic focus. Reason being is that within each of these stages are the strategies used by the British and how they affected the overall society in North America is what effectively cost the British the war. Such an outcome is most evident when the British scour the southern colonies in search of Loyalist support, but only spread themselves thin and subject themselves to