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Many histories of the American Revolution are written as if on stained glass, with George Washington's forces of good battling King George III's redcoat devils. The actual events were, of course, far more complex than that, and Robert Middlekauff undertakes the difficult task of separating the real from the mythic with great success. From him we learn that England taxed the colonials so heavily in an attempt to retire the massive debt incurred in defending those very colonials against other powers, notably France; that the writing of the Constitution was delayed for two years while states argued among themselves in the face of massive military losses; and that demographic shifts during the Revolution did much to increase America's ethic diversity at an early and decisive time. Vividly told, this is a superb account of the nation's founding.
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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.
Customer Reviews:
Impressed.......2007-10-09
I purchased a used copy for the first time, and I was grealty impressed. I bought the book below cost and it was so well taken care of that it didnt even look used.
inglorious book .......2007-09-01
I took up this book after reading an excellent treatise on the
civil war by McPherson which is also published in the Oxford History
series. Pardon my being a bit harsh, but I have just finished the book
and my disgust is still fresh. With all the regalia of the author, it
is amazing how boring, muddled, and occasionally just borderline
bigoted this book is. Middlekauff seems to have little feel for
historical process or circumstance and to top it off does not seem to
be particularly good at describing any of the aspects of the
revolution.
The trouble starts right from the introduction. It is filled with
minute and unimportant facts. Yet M. fails to give the historical or
economic context for the revolution. The triangular trade between the
colonies and England and America's role in it is barely mentioned.
French and Indian war is not covered. Yet, the minor frictions and
character traits of British MPs are given a lot of space. M. almost
makes it appear that the revolution happened due to inattention or
lack of judgment of a British prime minister or two. The whole
colonial system set up to enrich the metropoly has apparently little to
do with America's discontent.
The next several chapters tediously describe the local politics
pre-revolutionary politics of nearly each individual colony. This
description bears as much excitement as plodding through period
newspapers. Yet M. description of individual battles of the
revolutionary war are sketchy at best, he states the opposing forces,
casualties, outcome and moves on. He does not describe the weaponry
of the Revolutionary war. He does not describe the customs of the
Americans of that day, how they dressed, what their daily run was
like. He describes the composition of medieval armies as rabble(sic!)
(i.e. urban and rural underclass) officered by the nobles. M. repeats
a common misconception that the hessian troops were mercenaries (they
weren't, they were rented by the German princes to George III). There
was a long discussion on the lack of strategic vision among British
generals. M. sounds apologetic for them.
The conclusion seem to ramble on and on. On page 637 there is a
bigoted discussion that the revolution is somehow made better because
it was made by the people who had more than their life to lose. That
is, M. apparently thinks that propertied revolutionaries are a
preferred sort to use.
Informative and Fun History.......2007-08-06
The book is easy to read, and hard to put down. The author's voice is effective in both conveying the information and keeping the reader interested. The pre-1776 coverage is extremely detailed and gripping. One will enjoy seeing the war through the eyes of people on both sides of the Atlantic from this book, but the Glorious Cause does emphasize Boston's role at the expense of others, but not enough to deter the books overall value. Both military historians and enthusiasts will appreciate greatly the detailed descriptions of battle strategy in the book, but sadly, the maps are not up to par. The added chapters of social history add a lot of meat to an already juicy topic, and will appeal nicely to those readers who desire to read about more than just military victory. The events of the post war and of the 1780s are not covered in as great of detail as some history students may like, but there is enough to please the casual reader; however, given the length of the book, it is understandable. Overall, if one is looking for a good one volume book on the American Revolution, look no farther than this one.
Solid account of the Revolutionary era, best one volume introduction to the War and its preceding events .......2007-06-27
This book is an excellent way to begin study of the Revolutionary era. While it covers the entire period (from the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 to the Ratification of the Constitution of 1787, its primary focus is on the war and the events leading up to the war. Coverage of the events leading up to the war is solid, with excellent character sketches of the British ministers who attempted to resolve the conflict favorably, and a terrific narrative of revolutionary events which unfolded during the Stamp Act crisis. The writing on these subjects is exceptionally lucid and the narrative is gripping.
The book is not as strong, however, in its coverage of events after 1776. Without a doubt, Middlekauff's explication of battle tactics and strategies is exceptional, and military historians will appreciate the detail and care, but it does come at the expense of better coverage of political and social events of the late 1770s and 1780s, which are covered in a few sections, leaving some to be desired for those interested in governance and social events during the war. In fairness, the Revised and Expanded edition adds several new perspectives (such as medicine in the Revolutionary War), but still leaves the reader needing more. Middlekauff's coverage of the Convention and its ratification is also a bit lacking, understandable as the book has already covered many pages by that point.
The bottom line: an excellent introduction that I highly recommend. For those new to the era, it lays the issues out clearly in an excellent narrative. It will give ample coverage of the War and its causes, but it needs to be supplemented by a firm understanding of the era's political theory. Bailyn's Ideological Origins, or Wood's Creation of the American Republic will serve you well in supplementing this text.
Well-written and insightful.......2007-05-11
I have yet to finish the book - I'm almost to its midpoint. In addition, I'm not particularly well-read in history, especially of the narrative sort. Notwithstanding, I must say that this book is well-written as far as style and clarity are concerned. It flows very well and the author injects several subjective insights that enhance and enliven the purely historical info. Overall, I highly recommend this work to those who are new to narrative history, and to those who are seeking to reinforce their historical understanding of this country's past. Also, the reviewer below who lamented the preponderant attention to military topics is quite wrong in his observation - There is a significant amount of attention paid to political history and theory in the chapters leading up to the actual outbreak of the war, so don't let the review deter you. Rewarding to say the least.
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In Rise to Rebellion, bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure. Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war.
It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their spirit and stamina, the colonists were outmanned and outfought by the brazen British army. General George Washington found his troops trounced in the battles of Brooklyn and Manhattan and retreated toward Pennsylvania. With the future of the colonies at its lowest ebb, Washington made his most fateful decision: to cross the Delaware River and attack the enemy. The stunning victory at Trenton began a saga of victory and defeat that concluded with the British surrender at Yorktown, a moment that changed the history of the world.
The despair and triumph of America’s first great army is conveyed in scenes as powerful as any Shaara has written, a story told from the points of view of some of the most memorable characters in American history. There is George Washington, the charismatic leader who held his army together to achieve an unlikely victory; Charles Cornwallis, the no-nonsense British general, more than a match for his colonial counterpart; Nathaniel Greene, who rose from obscurity to become the finest battlefield commander in Washington’s army; The Marquis de Lafayette, the young Frenchman who brought a soldier’s passion to America; and Benjamin Franklin, a brilliant man of science and philosophy who became the finest statesman of his day.
From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, William Howe to “Light Horse” Harry Lee, from Trenton and Valley Forge, Brandywine and Yorktown, the American Revolution’s most immortal characters and poignant moments are brought to life in remarkable Shaara style. Yet, The Glorious Cause is more than just a story of the legendary six-year struggle. It is a tribute to an amazing people who turned ideas into action and fought to declare themselves free. Above all, it is a riveting novel that both expands and surpasses its beloved author’s best work.
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In Rise to Rebellion, bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure. Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war.
It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their spirit and stamina, the colonists were outmanned and outfought by the brazen British army. General George Washington found his troops trounced in the battles of Brooklyn and Manhattan and retreated toward Pennsylvania. With the future of the colonies at its lowest ebb, Washington made his most fateful decision: to cross the Delaware River and attack the enemy. The stunning victory at Trenton began a saga of victory and defeat that concluded with the British surrender at Yorktown, a moment that changed the history of the world.
The despair and triumph of America's first great army is conveyed in scenes as powerful as any Shaara has written, a story told from the points of view of some of the most memorable characters in American history. There is George Washington, the charismatic leader who held his army together to achieve an unlikely victory; Charles Cornwallis, the no-nonsense British general, more than a match for his colonial counterpart; Nathaniel Greene, who rose from obscurity to become the finest battlefield commander in Washington's army; The Marquis de Lafayette, the young Frenchman who brought a soldier's passion to America; and Benjamin Franklin, a brilliant man of science and philosophy who became the finest statesman of his day.
From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, William Howe to "Light Horse" Harry Lee, from Trenton and Valley Forge, Brandywine and Yorktown, the American Revolution's most immortal characters and poignant moments are brought to life in remarkable Shaara style. Yet, The Glorious Cause is more than just a story of the legendary six-year struggle. It is a tribute to an amazing people who turned ideas into action and fought to declare themselves free. Above all, it is a riveting novel that both expands and surpasses its beloved author's best work.
Customer Reviews:
The Glorious Cause.......2007-09-25
I don't know what it was about this book but I could not put it down. I found it one of his best works. A perfect match with
'Rise To Rebellion'.
A Glorious Cause.......2007-07-13
I read this book while traveling the East Coast, so perhaps the novel had an unfair advantage. The novel starts at the same place as McCollough's 1776- on Long Island, in the fall of that year, but goes all the way through the next 7 years, chronicling the military and political goings-on quite exhaustively. Always entertaining. Great novel.
Negatives? No female characters besides Martha Washington briefly, Mrs. Loring {Lord Howe's floosie} Franklin's lady acquaintances, but none are given more that a line or two and none a speaking part. But that's the nature of war and the time, so no faulting Shaara with that.
It was interesting to see the genteel nature of the rules of war at the time, the sense of chivalry and honor even in gruelling, hot, cold, miserable, hungry circumstances. Quite a contrast to most of history, particularly now we are dealing much more vicious, tribal sorts of war.
Will probably read more Shaara, but I'm a history geek.
Patriotic Opus.......2007-03-24
This sequal to the author's first novel RISE TO REBELLION contains all the spirit of 76 feelings that we should expect in a novel about the American Revolution. Sharra continues to be a great writer of historical fiction, but at times his work can come across as a bit pretictable. Sharra's methods of telling the story through the eyes of several key participants is a device that can work effectively. Here it seems that the subject matter is too large at times. Because the author centers on several key players many other events that do not influence them directly tend to get left out of the narrative. This is the problem here. The author provides a good but predictable narrative of all the well known events of the Revolution. We have the New York battles, Trenton, Princeton and Yorktown etc. We feel Washington's emotions as they rise and fall during these events. Sharra has made his Washington stand out as the patient saint of the Revolution. This seems to be a standard portrayal, whether its fiction or non-fiction. No one dares to provide any contrast or challenege to the notion that Washington was anything less than near perfect. I suppose this is as it should be, but certainly he must have had his moods. At Brandywine for instance there were stories of his haughty arrogance, refusing to believe that Howe could yet again turn his flank. At Monmouth Charles Lee is the villan, as he is justly portrayed here. But Washington's confused decisions about when and how to attack Clinton's march was part of the problem in the first place. Sharra does not show these inconsistancies much. His Washington is the perfect founding father that we always expect him to be.
In addition to Washy there is Franklin, another carry over from the first novel with his amusing antics in Paris working on the French alliance. The British seem to be the ones always failing, always taking their anger out on the poor populace. The tories are shown as their mis-guided lackeys clinging for protection in New York and elsewhere. But there is evidence that shows it was not always like this. There were many crimes committed against the Loyalists because they did not wish to side with the rebellion. They backed the wrong side. In the American worldview you are either a winner or loser. The tories were losers, so their story does not deserve to be told. A loyalist portrayal from one of the several historical ones that were around would have provided more depth and a different perspective on the war. Fortunatley we do get Cornwallis, which seems appropriate as Sharra wants to take us all through the war to Yorktown. Sharra's Cornwallis provides some much needed perspective from the other side, but his actions seem destined to fulfill the success of the Revolution.
In the end it seems all the characters portrayed by the author do as they are supposed to do, and this is both the strength and weakness of the novel. Readers should not mistake this fine work as history. If one were to read this as their only book on the American Revolution they would have an incomplete picture for sure. This book is best enjoyed with some background knowledge beforehand to see where the author goes with his narrative. Still, a worthwhile work, perhaps not as exciting as the prequal, but still good in it own way.
Colonial Reality TV: hear the cannons and smell the muskets.......2007-02-08
I don't know what it is about arriving at middle age that makes so many of us decide that maybe we don't hate history afterall. Perhaps it was the grammar school textbooks that used words like "thus" and "moreover" and managed to make something as relevant and exciting as history into the mental equivalent of castor oil, and we'd finally outgrown the bad taste in our mouth. I simply know this: if I could repeat my education all over again and press some cosmic "do-over" button, I'd take more history...and I'd wish a guy like Shaara authored all the textbooks.
I must admit that I enjoyed the predecessor to this book, "Rise to Rebellion" more, and I have reviewed that book elsewhere here on Amazon. This was certainly not a bad book by any stretch of the imagination. I just somehow found it less engaging, less captivating. However, don't let that observation stop you from reading this book. It is entirely intended to encourage you to read the prequel, not discourage you from reading this book - the sequel.
For those of us with a rather gilded view of America's colonial history, think of this as shock therapy - colonial reality TV. Things that are so utterly obvious in retrospect come glaringly alive in this book. For example, I don't think I'd ever fully contemplated the extent to which British "Loyalists" opened their homes to the redcoated army. It was almost as though the British were here as part of some grand sporting event to spank the upstart new expansion team and the fans for the visiting British team opened their homes and rolled out the red carpet for them (pun intended). I can't think of any historical precedent for something like this. Nor had I appreciated that the colonial army was entirely volunteer, without even a common uniform in many instances. Or that it was the world's most highly trained army against a truly rag-tag bunch of farmers who were quite literally shoeless. Or that the war drug on and on for more than half a decade. I perhaps knew these things as abstract observations, but I can't say I had ever internalized them to the degree that this book compels in its storytelling. The reader is left with a very real sense of awe at how outrageous it was for our forefathers to think they could actually succeed in their rebellion against mother England.
Shaara weaves a tale that remains painstakingly true to the historic facts, dates, routes, characters, and outcomes...even the dialog where it is known through letters and correspondence. But now we are taken inside the reality of hungry men, discouraged generals, clueless legislators, arrogant British aristocracy, and colossal blunders from both the redcoats and the blue. We emerge with a sense of not so much a war that America won, but rather a war that England lost - lost through ineptitude, pride, and chronically underwhelming responses to the "American insurrection." It was as though the British managed to snatch their own defeat from the jaws of victory time after time. I find myself in amazement at the fortitude of our forefathers, and as a Christian, I have to admit to a "Divine Hand of Providence" that seems to have caused this country to prevail despite insurmountable odds.
If you want to really immerse yourself in the reality of the Revolutionary War, and long for something more than the stale recitation of places, dates, and names that your grammar school textbook and 16mm black and white films gave you, I can think of no more appropriate book than what Jeff Shaara has given us here.
Wonderful!.......2007-01-11
Jeff Shaara does it over and over again. I cant tell you how much I enjoyed this book. I have read all his books on the Revolutionary War and the Civil War and I feel like I was actually there! He is certainly a great writer and I would recommend his books to everyone.
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This collection is the third in a series which gathers the best historical essays of Hugh Trevor-Roper, considered by many the unequalled master of the form.
The pieces here range from an account of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci's mission in China in the sixteenth century to a discussion of the Anglo-Scottish Union. They include essays on medicine at the early Stuart Court, on the plunder of artistic treasures in Europe during the wars of the seventeenth century, on the plans of Hugo Grotius to create a new universal church on an Anglican base, on the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and religious toleration thereafter. There are also biographical studies of Archbishop Laud, Matthew Wren, the Earl of Clarendon, and Prince Rupert.
As Noel argument wrote in Our Age, Hugh Trevor-Roper has "perfected the historical essay as the most beguiling form of enlightening readers about the past. He is the most eloquent, sophisticated and assured historian of Our Age, and has never written an inelegant sentence or produced an incoherent arguement."
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Reinterpreting the first century of American history, Brendan McConville argues that colonial society developed a political culture marked by strong attachment to Great Britain's monarchs. This intense allegiance continued almost until the moment of independence, an event defined by an emotional break with the king. By reading American history forward from the seventeenth century rather than backward from the Revolution, McConville shows that political conflicts long assumed to foreshadow the events of 1776 were in fact fought out by factions who invoked competing visions of the king and appropriated royal rites rather than used abstract republican rights or pro-democratic proclamations. The American Revolution, McConville contends, emerged out of the fissure caused by the unstable mix of affective attachments to the king and a weak imperial government. Sure to provoke debate, The King's Three Faces offers a powerful counterthesis to the dominant American historiography.
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England's Glorious Revolution is a sophisticated yet accessible examination of the precursors to the Revolution of 1688-89, the events of the revolution, and the profound political, social, and economic changes these events wrought. Steven Pincus's introduction thoroughly explains the context of the revolution, why these events were so stunning to contemporaries, and why, contrary to recent scholarly consensus, the revolution should be the considered the first modern revolution. This volume offers 40 documents from a wide array of sources and perspectives in eight topically organized sections that mirror the introduction's explanation. At the end of the documents section a case study comparing the writings of John Locke and Roger L'Estrange provides representative viewpoints from both sides of the revolution, and further contextualizes Locke's classic writings on government and religious toleration. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index provide further pedagogical support.
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An outstanding examination of the crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689. A finalist for the National Book Award for history in 1973, the book is now available in paperback with a 1987 introduction by the author. "Lovejoy has now related this whole [period of history] more fully than it has ever been told before. His research is thorough, and his reach in time and space is impressive . . . a judicious and significant book, the best we now have on the subject"-- New York Times Book Review. "A long-awaited assessment of those critical upheavals that disrupted the American colonies from Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 to the major revolts in New England, New York, and Maryland in 1689. [Lovejoy's] interpretation is decidedly neo-Whig, which should provoke a fine narrative of the period and a most provocative comparison of these important revolutions, a comparison that should challenge all students of the colonial political process." - The American Historical Review DAVID S. LOVEJOY us a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he taught from 1960 to 1983. He received a B.S. from Bowdoin College in 1941 (and Distinguished Bowdoin Educator Award in 1980) and Ph.D. from Brown University in 1954. LOVEJOY has taught at Northwestern and Brown universities and a t Marlboro Colege in Vermont. Her was a Fulbright Lecturer in Scotland and has received Guggenheim and Rockerfeller Foundation fellowships. He is the author of Religious Enthusiam in the New World: Heresy to Revolution. His home is in Madison and in Oxford-shire, England.
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20 illustrations in text.
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First published in 1983, John Miller'sGlorious Revolution established itself as the standard introduction to the subject. It examines the dramatic events themselves and demonstrates the profound impact the Revolution had on subsequent British history. The Second Edition contains a fuller discussion of Scotland and Ireland, the growth of a fiscal-military state and the role of religion and the Revolution.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent summary of 1688 and its consequences.......1999-09-05
This is the best short introduction to England's 1688 revolution and the consequences that flowed from it. It is an updated version of an earlier edition, and it pays greater attention than its predecessor to the revolution in England's public finances that stemmed from 1688. It also has new material on Scotland and Ireland. The choice of original documents to accompany the text is excellent.
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In this new, highly readable history of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-when James II was supplanted on the English throne by William, Prince of Orange, and his English wife Mary-Edward Vallance challenges the view that it was a bloodless coup in the name of progress, arguing instead that the revolution was a brutal Protestant struggle to obtain power. Meticulously researched and told with verve and color, this will remain the definitive narrative of the Glorious Revolution for years to come.
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A detailed, but highly readable account.......2007-02-10
A detailed account of William of Orange's seizure of the British throne in 1688. Vallance also explains the preceding political context, which caused many Britons to welcome a Protestant Dutchman (William III) over a Catholic Englishman (James II), and covers the subsequent British politics as William consolidated power.
The narrative is centered on William's Dutch invasion of England in 1688, but Vallance also covers preceding events, such as the 1685 Protestant insurrection of the Duke of Monmouth (and the infamous "bloody assizes" that followed) and subsequent events, such as the fighting in Ireland culminating in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
These events were set in a European context where it was widely assumed that a state had a right and even an obligation to maintain religious "correctness" and to suppress false religious ideas. Thus for both Protestants and Catholics the stakes were very high. Their faith could easily be suppressed and they themselves exiled or killed. To modern eyes the degree to which leading politicians on both sides opposed simple tolerance is staggering. In fact, Vallance argues that both James II and William III were much more interested in reasonable tolerance than their leading followers were willing to accept.
Even within the Protestant camp, the political battles between Whigs and Tories were extremely vituperative. The Tories were hamstrung by a reluctance to overtly break their oaths of loyalty to James II. The Whigs exploited this by demanding unnecessarily explicit wording in loyalty to William.
This is a highly readable account of a very complex topic. The final sections of the book can sometimes be a little slow moving, with many details of English politics after William takes the throne, but the opening and middle are strong and compelling.
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