The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
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A panoramic history of the conflict between England and America highlights the political and personal aspects of the colonial struggle for independence, provides a defintive overview of the events leading up to the Revolution, and discusses the major leaders, campaigns, battles, and repercussions of the war. Reprint.
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9 primary booksThe Oxford History of the United States
The Oxford History of the United States is a 9-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Robert Middlekauff, Gordon S. Wood, and Daniel Walker Howe.
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Just so much chronicling of just one side. It's just a rehash of the same old jr. high school history class. Nothing substantive or thoughtful.
The English, to whose defense I don't run, and who also neither need nor have earned the right to a defense, come across as cartoon characters.
Colonists resisting the Brits letting them just take native lands, an arrangement they came up with in the aftermath of the fight a war Britain fought to protect the colonists (i.e., the Grenville line)? Maybe a sentence or two.
Beating and torturing those who have a different opinion about taxation Is playfully brushed aside:
- “It was difficult not to be intimidated by a crowd, especially at a time when it had attained such skill in the gentle art of tarring and feathering.” P. 201.
Haw haw haw!
Writing history is about more than a highlight reel of how “we wupped ‘em real good.”
To say the least. At least among adults.
This is the fifth vol of the Oxford History that I have read, and it is MILES away from the others (What Hath God Wrought, Empire of Liberty, Freedom from Fear, and Empire for Which it Stands). Had I picked this one up first, I would not have read the others. Looking back at the others, I see I pretty much gave all of them the highest ratings.
