Strategy & Tactics Quarterly 9 American Revolution

Britain was the superpower of the day in the last half of the eighteenth century. The British citizens of North America resented what they saw as the heavy hand of the mother country. In just a few years petitions turned to violence and finally to rebellion. The combination of great distance and colonial determination blunted British efforts, and the rebellion grew into a long war. Patrick S. Baker examines the course of this war in great detail to explain how a contest seemingly so one-sided could reach its unexpected end.