The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the
United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary
War and the birth of the American republic.
Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the
election of George Washington as first president, Robert
Middlekauff offers a panoramic history of the conflict between
England and America, highlighting the drama and anguish of the
colonial struggle for independence. Combining the political and the
personal, he provides a compelling account of the key events that
precipitated the war, from the Stamp Act to the Tea Act, tracing
the gradual gathering of American resistance that culminated in the
Boston Tea Party and "the shot heard 'round the world." The heart
of the book features a vivid description of the eight-year-long
war, with gripping accounts of battles and campaigns, ranging from
Bunker Hill and Washington's crossing of the Delaware to the
brilliant victory at Hannah's Cowpens and the final triumph at
Yorktown, paying particular attention to what made men fight in
these bloody encounters. The book concludes with an insightful look
at the making of the Constitution in the Philadelphia Convention of
1787 and the struggle over ratification. Through it all,
Middlekauff gives the reader a vivid sense of how the colonists saw
these events and the importance they gave to them. Common soldiers
and great generals, Sons of Liberty and African slaves, town
committee-men and representatives in congress--all receive their
due. And there are particularly insightful portraits of such
figures as Sam and John Adams, James Otis, Thomas Jefferson, George
Washington, and many others.
This new edition has been revised and expanded, with fresh coverage
of topics such as mob reactions to British measures before the War,
military medicine, women's role in the Revolution, American
Indians, the different kinds of war fought by the Americans and the
British, and the ratification of the Constitution. The book also
has a new epilogue and an updated bibliography.
The cause for which the colonists fought, liberty and independence,
was glorious indeed. Here is an equally glorious narrative of an
event that changed the world, capturing the profound and passionate
struggle to found a free nation.
The Oxford History of the United States
The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected
multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three
Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of
the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. The Atlantic Monthly has praised
it as "the most distinguished series in American historical
scholarship," a series that "synthesizes a generation's worth of
historical inquiry and knowledge into one literally
state-of-the-art book." Conceived under the general editorship of
C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter, and now under the
editorship of David M. Kennedy, this renowned series blends social,
political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military history
into coherent and vividly written narrative.
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