Using firsthand accounts and careful analysis of the best classic and modern scholarship on the subject, historian Robert Brown demonstrates how the combination of both battles facilitated the downfall of General Charles Cornwallis and led to the Patriot victory in America. -- From the back cover.

The beginning -- Balance of forces -- Turning the tide in the north -- Civil war, terrain, weapons and revolutionary tactics -- The South Carolina campaign -- Prelude to Kings Mountain -- The Battle of Kings Mountain -- Aftermath of Kings Mountain -- The winter of 1780-1781 -- Prelude to Cowpens -- Double envelopment at Cowpens -- Aftermath of Cowpens -- Race to the Dan -- Conclusion.