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The American Revolution, writes English scholar Robert Harvey, was a defining event in modern world history, creating "the mightiest nation in human experience." Yet, he adds, in his country the revolution is ignored, while on the American side of the Atlantic it's "clouded by a fog of myth" that prevents understanding. Harvey seeks to illuminate the realities of the conflict. One, as he writes, is the war's strange similarity to Vietnam, not just in the role of guerrilla and militia versus conventional forces, but also in the antiwar strife it produced at home. Another of Harvey's myth-bursting themes is his insistence, contrary to many American textbooks, that the British commanders were not uniformly incompetent, American commanders not uniformly heroic; he cites many examples to show that neither side had a monopoly on either bravery or incompetence. Still another is his argument that the constitutional outcome of the revolution was in many ways a betrayal of the very principles for which the revolution was fought--a charge sure to excite controversy. Harvey's approach is balanced, his writing engaging, and students of the period will learn much from him. --Gregory McNamee
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Robert Harvey has been a distinguished journalist and MP. He is also the author of several books, among which Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence was described in The Sunday Times as 'an exhilarating and wildly enjoyable ride from start to finish'. He lives in Wales and London.
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- PublisherJohn Murray, 2001.
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0719561418
- ISBN 13 9780719561412
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages480
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