Book Review: Brothers at Arms
/An invigorating new history looks at the American Revolution from a wide-angle international view
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An invigorating new history looks at the American Revolution from a wide-angle international view
Read MoreJohn Ferling, great historian of 18th century America, here tells the story of the American Revolution itself, in typically riveting fashion
Read MoreWe all know the names of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams, but a terrifically engaging new book reminds us that the American Revolution's supporting cast was no less fascinating
Read MoreA born warrior striving to become a refined gentleman, or a refined gentleman striving to learn a warrior's ways? A new book looks at Washington the military commander
Read MoreA master historian analyzes the tempestuous relationship between two titans of the newborn United States
Read MoreA crucial turning-point battle in the American Revolution is given an extensively detailed and tradition-challenging new history
Read MoreClinton, Gage, Burgoyne, the Howe brothers - and of course Lord Cornwallis: their names are synonymous in the United States with bumbling defeat, but a rousing new book takes a fresh look at all these formerly infamous figures
Read MoreRichard Beeman's new book covers some familiar - sacred? - ground
Read MoreAn accessible, well-researched new biography takes a largely approving look at America's fourth president, James Madison.
Read MoreA flinty new account of a pivotal year in the American Revolution
Read MoreBoston, so often reproved for living in its memories, may well be poised to lead the future, not in spite of its history but because of it.
Read MoreA new biography explores the life of the erratic and headstrong 'forgotten' Founding Father who bankrolled a revolution and guided a new republic.
Read MoreTwelve years after its first appearance, "Citizen Washington," a historical novel by bestselling author William Martin, gets an attractive new paperback just in time for about a million American summer vacations.
Read MoreWhen colonial tensions were at a boiling point, the British garrisoned troops on Boston Common and put the city under military occupation - until a certain Massacre, that is.
Read MoreDuring the American Revolution, colonists ran blockades, fought sea-battles and ... sent in an attack-submarine? No, it's not time travel - it's the amazing story of the Turtle.
Read MoreThe American Revolution’s neat conclusion at Yorktown is a familiar story from the history books. Thom Daly reads Perils of Peace as Thomas Fleming’s noble if flawed attempt to add more detail to our easy picture of events.
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