Arms and Independence: The Military Character of the American Revolution

by Ronald Hoffman

The American War for Independence required the formation of an enormously complex and varied military structure. The essays in this volume will greatly expand our understanding of the tactics, logistics, strategy, and weaponry of the war, and enhance our appreciation of its political, social, and economic milieu. Don Higginbotham opens the volume with a study of parallels between the American Revolution and twentieth-century wars of liberation, particularly the Vietnam War. In the following essay Charles Royster explores the mythologizing of the Revolution to create an important bond of American nationhood. The next three essays study aspects of the military man and the Revolution.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1984