Marlborough's America

Yale University Art Gallery, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. As new . First Printing . ISBN : 978-0-300-17859-3 . This is a volume in the Lewis Walpole Series In Eighteenth-Century Culture And History . It is also the fourth volume in Webb's The Governors - General series . Webb's thesis in this volume is that the first Duke of Marlborough's appointment of army officers , trained by him and selected by him for leadreship , led to the American provinces becoming more aggressive , capitalist , and coercive in the early Eighteenth Century . He covers twelve of Marlborough's campaigns in this volume and analyses the period to the death of the Duke . He also surveys the legacy of those early years for the story of the remainder of the century . Color illustrations feature the beautiful Blenheim Victories tapestries . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .