This is the first modern study to focus on the British dimension of the American Revolution through its whole span from its origins to the declaration of indepe

The American Revolution was the longest colonial war in modern British history and Britain's most humiliating defeat as an imperial power. In this lively, conci

Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire’s loss of the American Revolution. The loss of America was an u

A re-creation of the American Revolution from the British point of view --and a dramatically different picture of the birth of our nation.

Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book