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akenny614's review against another edition
4.0
After my undergraduate history degree focusing on the American Revolution, this book is a nice overview now that I am 3 years out of college. It's an easy read without too many names and dates to make your eyes glaze over. He does lean heavily towards Ben Franklin, but that is only natural as he has done biographies on the man. Rather than get caught up in the details of the Revolution, the reader sees the big picture and how the events relate to one another.
courthompson's review against another edition
4.0
A good high level overview of the causes of and consequences of the Revolutionary War.
bravelass85's review against another edition
4.0
A dense, factual read with a short, interesting judgement at the end.
gregbrown's review against another edition
5.0
A brilliantly compact general survey of the American Revolution, starting with the factors that led up to it and ending with the ratification of the constitution. Speaking as someone whose elementary, middle, and high schools covered it mostly on a military and mythic level - with the historiography stalled out somewhere in the 19th century - the book did an amazing job of illustrating the true variety of causes and contexts that this seminal event held. I know most readers come at this subject through the biographies of various Founding Fathers, but if you're going to read one book about the American Revolution, this should be it.
Plus the bibliography is probably the most badass bibliography I have ever read, essentially a roadmap to what you should read if you're interested in any specific facet of the subject.
Plus the bibliography is probably the most badass bibliography I have ever read, essentially a roadmap to what you should read if you're interested in any specific facet of the subject.
hunternh's review against another edition
5.0
if not the definitive book on the revolution, then certainly the most succinct and elucidating.
bethpeebles's review against another edition
1.0
It seemed to me I was reading a textbook and the overall writing was quite confusing with extra words and phrases which were unneeded and took away from Wood's points.
msblagata's review against another edition
2.0
It is not something that I would definitely choose to read in my free time, but it is great textbook and had a very useful information