Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Part I: The Contexts of War; I. War and the Bay Colony: An Overview; 2. ""Sons of Some of the Best Yeomen in New England"": Army and Society in Provincial Massachusetts; Part II: The Experience of War; 3. ""Hard Service and Poor Keeping"": Everyday Life in the Provincial Army; 4. ""There Is No Spare Here of the Whip"": Interactions between Provincial and Regular Troops; 5. ""As Mournful an Hour as Ever I Saw"": Battle and Its Effects; Part III: The Meaning of War
6. ""A Principle So Strongly Imbibed"": Contractual Principles and the Provincial Conception of Military Service7. ""Victory Undoubtedly Comes from the Lord"": Providentialism and the New Englanders' Understanding of Warfare; Appendix A. Tables: Massachusetts Provincial Forces during the Seven Years' War; Appendix B. Diaries and Orderly Books; Appendix C. Provincial Troop Disorders, 1755-1759; Appendix D. Provincial Sermons, 1755-1762; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index
