Book Review: Brothers at Arms
/An invigorating new history looks at the American Revolution from a wide-angle international view
Read MoreAn 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 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.
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