A fully revised and updated third edition of the most established and innovative historical analysis of the Continental Army and its role in the formation of the new republic. * Written by two experts in the field of early U.S. history * Includes fully updated coverage of the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Revolution * Features maps, illustrations, a Note on Revolutionary War History and Historiography, and a fully revamped Bibliographical Essay * Fully established as an essential resource for courses ranging from A.P. U.S. history to graduate seminars on the American Revolution

This remarkable memoir is one of the most celebrated documents to emerge from the tumult of America s Revolutionary War. The ordinary and yet exceptional experiences of a young soldier in Washington s army are given a new life in this fourth edition, sensitively edited for a modern readership. * Classic primary source on the Revolutionary War * Edited by a leading US authority on the period * Now with extra maps and a more extensive bibliography * Includes a new Afterword by Karen Guenther on film portrayals of the continental soldier