1775: A Good Year for Revolution

by Kevin Phillips

Book Overview

The contrarian historian and analyst upends the conventional reading of the American Revolution In "1775," iconoclastic historian and bestselling author Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. He suggests that the great events and confrontations of 1775 Congress s belligerent economic ultimatums to Britain, New England s "rage militaire," the exodus of British troops and expulsion of royal governors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670025127
• ISBN13: 9780670025121
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"