The American Revolution 1775-1783

by John Richard Alden

"In writing of the many controversial aspects and incidents of the war, he displays a comforting common sense and judiciously weighs all the evidence before stating his conclusions.... In criticizing both American and British strategy, Mr. Alden does so in the light of the political factors that governed such decisions. This is indeed refreshing, for much military history has been written in a vacuum.... Mr. Alden has written the best short account of the War for Independence that is available."
-Carl Bridenbaugh

"The special virtue of Alden's book is the excellent balance it maintains between military and non-military matters, between developments in America and in Europe, and between traditional judgments and recent scholarly revaluations of controversial issues and reputations. This is an extraordinary feat, but it was essential to the success of a book intended as a readable guide to the broad and complex subject of the American Revolution. The book is admirably organized, vigorously written, and, considering the scale of its treatment, remarkably inclusive. It deserves to and no doubt will become a standard work."
-Lyman H. Butterfield

Contents:

I. Coming of the Revolution
II. Road to Lexington
III. Boston
IV. Contest for Canada
V. Britain Declares War
VI. Independence Proclaimed
VII. Long Island to Morristown
VIII. Philadelphia Takes Howe
IX. Surrender at Saratoga
X. Reformation in the States
XI. Congress and Confederation
XII. The Bourbons Enter the War
XIII. Stalemate in the North
XIV. The Home Front
XV. Savannah to Yorktown
XVI. The Path to Peace

Harper & Row, Publishers

ISBN: 0-06-133011-2

Cover Design by Anita Walker Scott