Moderate elements within British leadership were convinced that keeping the American colonies under British rule was indispensable to England's endurance as the premier world power. ... When the result was the antithesis, it was no small wonder that when seeking causation for the loss of the colonies, the easiest attributable ideology was failure of leadership on all levels, political and military. ... British leadership during the Revolutionary War and the era immediately preceding it thought they were defending liberty and the rule of law. ... British leadership knew that this battle ...

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