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by David Allison (Editor), Larrie D. Ferreiro (Editor), John Gray (Foreword by)
A lavishly illustrated essay collection that looks through a global lens at the American Revolution and re-positions it as the real 1st world war
"Every American should read this marvelous book." --Douglas Brinkley, author of Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
From acts of resistance like the Boston Tea Party to the "shot heard 'round the world," the American Revolutionary War stands as a symbol of freedom and democracy the world over for many people. But contrary to popular opinion, this was not just a simple battle for independence in which the American colonists waged a "David versus Goliath" fight to overthrow their British rulers.
Author Biography
DAVID K. ALLISON is Senior Scholar at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. LARRIE D. FERREIRO teaches history and engineering at George Mason University in Virginia, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He is the author of Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
