The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States)

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Synopsis: Recounts the events leading up to the Revolution and discusses the major leaders, campaigns, and battles of the war

Review: Many histories of the American Revolution are written as if on stained glass, with George Washington's forces of good battling King George III's redcoat devils. The actual events were, of course, far more complex than that, and Robert Middlekauff undertakes the difficult task of separating the real from the mythic with great success. From him we learn that England taxed the colonials so heavily in an attempt to retire the massive debt incurred in defending those very colonials against other powers, notably France; that the writing of the Constitution was delayed for two years while states argued among themselves in the face of massive military losses; and that demographic shifts during the Revolution did much to increase America's ethic diversity at an early and decisive time. Vividly told, this is a superb account of the nation's founding.

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Title: The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution,...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good