In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports
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The closest thing to total war before World War One, the Seven Years’ War was fought in North America, Europe, the Carib
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The Seven Years’ War, often called the first global war, spanned North America, the West Indies, Europe, and India. In t
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Prior to the American Revolution, the Ohio River Valley was a cauldron of competing interests: Indian, colonial, and imp
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With essays by notable scholars that address the war’s impact in Europe and the Atlantic world, this volume is sure to b
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This book argues that the Seven Years' War (1756-63) produced an intense historical consciousness within British cu
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The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent mi
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*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In
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More than 12,000 soldiers from the Highlands of Scotland were recruited to serve in Great Britain’s colonies in the Amer
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