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5.0

O'Shaughnessy undermines American Revolution myths of British incompetence with a group biography of the very talented, professional and effective commanders who waged a war in America that was fatally undercut by unreachable goals (as I say in class--if you thought collecting taxes was difficult *before*...), vast geography and political divisions in Britain. The author is one of my favorites going back to Empire Divided, so this is a delightful confirmation of my own conclusions.