A narrative history of the American Revolution and the impact it had in England.

INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (P. 288-296) AND INDEX.

The causes of war -- Decision and indecision -- Action and inaction -- Creating states and armies -- War in the grand manner -- The Northern campaign of 1776 -- Small mercies -- March and countermarch -- "Agin Burgoyne" -- The war at sea -- Progression and regression -- The war moves South -- By land and by sea -- Seasons of Disaster -- The climax of the war -- The world war -- Peacemaking -- Endings and beginnings.