Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
by:
Fred Anderson (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299021358 (1299021352)
Publish date: January 1st 2007
Publisher: Vintage Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
France,
Military History,
18th Century
Though long overshadowed in the traditional historical narrative by the American Revolution, the Seven Years’ War, as Fred Anderson argues, is the most important event in the eighteenth-century North American history. Fought in the untamed wilderness which both France and Britain claimed, the strugg...
In depth and interesting but he doesn't really convince me on his argument, that the Seven Years War was THE causal factor in the revolution. There's too much exposition and not enough analysis to really believe it. Besides, I don't buy the argument that there was a sole determining factor. That ...
13 years ago
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