by Glenn F. Williams. Softbound, 356 pages, 6" x 9". After two years of fighting, the British felt confident that the American rebellion would be crushed and Brtain devised a bold new strategy, an attemt to cut the colonies in half, divert the Continental Army and weaken its presence around British occupied New York City. The author recreates the riviting events surrounding the results of this action, including the checkered story of European and Indian alliances, the bitter frontier wars, and the bloody battles of Oriskany and Newtown.