A review by jordanjones
The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War by Fred Anderson

3.0

This is a brief, well written, and sometime humorous account of the "accidental" world war kicked off by George Washington and an argument that this war led to a sense of separation between the British colonies in North America and their rulers in England. Some of the military situations involve so much chance, luck, guile, and subterfuge, that the book reads like a good novel, without sacrificing accuracy or historicity.

A book that's worth the time, if you are interested in the French and Indian Wars, or want to understand the military, social, and continental underpinings of the American Revolutionary War.