... engenders perpetual curiosity. By any sensible reckoning, Britain should have won the war. England's army was the strongest professional fighting force in the world, supremely confident, and led by experienced, gifted commanders with a long and storied history of military success. She had the largest, most nimble navy the world had ever seen, spread throughout the globe. Britain's economy was strong, prominent ... party to prop them up. Prime Ministers, such as Lord North, had to win the confidence of the House of Commons through their powers of persuasion. They had to be gifted orators...

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