1. 1776 - View of the American Revolution
Though it might not have seemed it to the Americans at the time, the "rank-and-file British regular was far better trained, better disciplined, better equipped, and more regularly paid than his American counterpart further, the Redcoats were in far better health over all"(166-7). ... One of the stronger, yet simpler reasons McCullough provides is the sheer perseverance of the Continental Army. ... McCullough also sheds new light on how the war went down by focusing on minor, for lack of a better word, characters in the armies. ... Henry Knox was also believed to have saved the day at...
- Word Count: 1720
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: Undergraduate