A fully revised and updated third edition of the most established and innovative historical analysis of the Continental Army and its role in the formation of th

When the first edition of this highly successful volume appeared in 1982, the proponents of the “new” military history were just gaining full momentum. Thei

When the first edition of this highly successful volume appeared in 1982, the proponents of the “new” military history were just gaining full momentum. Thei

First published in 1987. War in the 18th century was a bloody business. A line of infantry would slowly march, to the beat of a drum, into a hail of enemy fire.

Young Continental soldiers carried a heavy burden in the American Revolution. Their experiences of coming of age during the upheavals of war provide a novel per