Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775-1783
A War, American History, History book. A great balanced history of our Revolution.
For generations, Americans have been taught to view the Revolutionary War as a heroic tale of resistance, exclusively from the perspective of the Continental army and the Founding Fathers. Now, in Iron Tears, master historian Stanley Weintraub offers the first account that examines the war from three divergent and distinct vantage points: the battlefields the American leadership under George Washington and -- most originally -- that of England, embroiled in controversy over the war. Colonial America...
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- Pages: 375 pages
- ISBN: 9780743226875 / 743226879
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A great balanced history of our Revolution. A refreshing and fascinating account of the revolutionary war from the perspective of British policymakers and military commanders. Though compact, this book is admirably comprehensive.The British ministry existed in a fantasy world of self-delusion and its military command was divided.Weintraub also reveals the disunion and political... Tolerable read though not the most scintillating storytelling. The overall desire to picture how Britain felt about the war is well developed. Weintraub presents events of two-hundred-thirty-some years ago as immediately as the Washington Post might have described Iraq War controversies.Weintraub appends a fifteen-page listing of "Participants"...
