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kblickenstaff's review
3.0
I often found myself pretty bored with this one and wanted it to be over.
cade's review
4.0
This book nicely balances a broad view of the significance of privateering to the overall conflict with a fair dose of specific examples of individual men and ships. The historical perspective does a good job covering the multiple relevant facets of privateering including but not limited to direct military effects, social impacts such as civilian support for the war from both sides, and effects on foreign relations between the combatants and other countries. The coverage is at a level of detail that is informative but succinct enough to be very readable. The detailed stories of individual men and ships provide a dose of vicarious action, excitement, and (for Americans) patriotism that make this history anything but dry (pun intended).
reading_ryn's review
4.0
Good coverage on a part of the revolutionary war that’s hardly touched on in school.
iillianne's review
adventurous
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
Dense for sure & idk I actually like when an author adds their own input into their studies & shares their enthusiasm w the reader. I’m not gonna fault this guy for that tho. It’s an interesting, targeted & impressive study on an element of the revolution that’s clearly overlooked. American victory makes helluva lot more sense knowing privateering took a huge part in it bc ofc Great Britain became an empire only bc of their command of the seas. I think my beef is that it’s American military history & that’s not my personal favorite but hey that’s what I get for wanting to learn more abt general naval history. It is cool to know that we were able to mess w the naval giant on their own turf🙂↕️🦅🦅