About this title: A masterly narrative history of the Seven Years War, by which the British eliminated French power north of the Caribbean, at the same time igniting the slow-burning fuse of the American revolution. Fred Anderson observes how the war gave American colonists their first conflicts with real Englishmen; and how Americans were consequently emboldened to rally against the men who were once their masters. He offers a wholly engrossing account of the conflict, interweaving the stories of kings and officers with those of traders, Native Americans, and colonial peoples.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Faber, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780571205653ISBN:0571205658
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 800p. : ill., facsims., maps, plans, ports.; 24 cm. Originally published: 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index. read more
Description: New in card cover. Colonial & Other Wars-General The Seven Years' War decisively eliminated French power north of the Caribbean and destroyed an American diplomatic system in which Native Americans had played a central role. It gave thousands of American colonists their first experience of real Englishmen, and the British cultural and class system. Colonists, who assumed they were partners in the empire, encountered British officers who regarded them as subordinates. George Washington and ... read more
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