"Revolution" is a chronicle of a remarkable contest fought between the largest, most powerful army on earth and a motley collection of men and boys, extremely ill equipped and ...

An informative overview of the American Revolutionary War, featuring studies on battles, campaigns, belligerents, women, technology, statistics, and more. This remarkable new ...

“Zeroes in on the interesting, irreverent, long-ignored tidbits that shape behavior in all conflicts and important periods of history.”—The Denver Post What made the founding ...

Presents the story of the American Revolution, its causes and immediate aftermath.

Using firsthand accounts—journals, letters from British officers in the field, reports from colonial governors in the colonies—Michael Pearson has provided a contemporary ...

"These are the times that try men's souls." —Thomas Paine, 1776 When these words were written during the bitter winter of 1776, the souls of American soldiers were indeed ...

Profiles the life of Seven Years' War veteran and British general during the American Revolutionary War battle of Bunker Hill.

Confronting the critics who say George Washington's victories were due to luck, not skill, Palmer proves why the father of our country also deserves the title of America's pre ...