The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763 - 1789 (Robert Middlekauff)
I'm kind of running out of things to say about huge, nerdy history books that I really enjoyed. So here's another huge, nerdy history book I really enjoyed, everyone. Even though the bulk of the book by necessity is about the Revolution, Middlekauff wisely, I think, stays away from writing too much military history, giving sketches of the important battles and using the war as a framework to hang investigations of the social, political, and everyday lives of Americans on. This sets the book nicely apart from some of the other dozens of military histories of the Revolution I've read. Overall, I did find myself skipping pages a few times, but this is a great book, even for someone who's already well-versed in the subject.
Grade: A
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