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A review by sophronisba
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by Andrew O'Shaughnessy
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Thoughtful account of the British leaders who lost the American Revolution. I came away convinced that they were much less incompetent than they've been made out to be and also that -- contrary to O'Shaughnessy -- this was a war that Britain was never going to win. It's hard not to sympathize with these men, who were not all that different in personality and character than the Americans on the other side.