The Men Who Lost America - British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

The Men Who Lost America - British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the EmpireWinner of the George Washington Book Prize Award The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew

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Print length: 496 pages

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