![]() ![]() Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. 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. The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. ![]() Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire's loss of the American Revolution. ![]()
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