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Not Much New Here

Review from Our First Civil War →

This isn’t a bad book, but it doesn’t necessarily offer anything new. It mostly follows Washington and Franklin for 30 years, with a smattering of John Adams thrown in. It is almost as though Brands set out to talk about how people in the American colonies found themselves on opposite ends of the conflict, but..

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Fascinating, not routine

Review from Our First Civil War →

Our First Civil War H.W. Brands This was a very interesting accounting of the Revolutionary War and the events leading up to it. Brands does not disappoint, providing his usual flare to make the story we are familiar with fascinating. Far from a simple recitation of dates, timelines and battles, he delves deeply into personal..

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