The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
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...
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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 th
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Format: Audiobook
Publisher: Audible Inc
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
American,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
United States,
Military History,
18th Century
Series: Oxford History of the United States (#3)
I gave up.I found this too dry for me to keep up with -- which is fair, because I tend to prefer narrative history. This tended toward the overexplaining side, rather than the storytelling side, which is fine for some and not for others. I'm in the others column. Ah well.
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