The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
by Ellis, Joseph J. (Author)
Summary
"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the ti... Full description
- Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776
- The Rubicon
- Prudence dictates
- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780
- The escape
- The few
- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783
- The protraction
- The Chesapeake
- The exit.