American Revolutionary War
Eliot A. Cohen |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:08 am
Eliot A. Cohen names the best and worst secretaries of war in American history
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: March 01, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Willard Sterne Randall delivers a detailed, personal profile of the Patriot hero in his new book Ethan Allen: His Life and Times.
MHQ |
Published: August 03, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Will the real Ethan Allen stand up? Willard Sterne Randall discusses his new biography.
Jefferson M. Gray |
Published: August 03, 2011 at 11:28 am
The Swamp Fox is one of history's greatest guerrilla leaders. Just ask the Redcoats.
Ron Soodalter |
Published: July 08, 2011 at 2:15 pm
The brutal 1778 Cherry Valley Massacre prompted a wide-ranging punitive expedition that broke Iroquois power
Paul Lockhart |
Published: May 03, 2011 at 5:00 am
Why the battle means so much to us when it mattered so little.
Thomas B. Allen |
Published: September 01, 2010 at 4:24 pm
At the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, backwoods hunters known as the overmountain men bested the British
Jack Rakove |
Published: June 03, 2010 at 3:11 pm
John Dickinson was America’s most renowned patriot until he refused to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Fleming |
Published: May 06, 2010 at 2:19 pm
In the hours after Lexington/Concord, Redcoats and Rebels faced off in a little-known murderous street fight
Ray Raphael |
Published: April 01, 2010 at 8:18 am
The Boston Tea Party wasn’t about higher taxes. It was America’s first response to too big to fail.
Published: December 11, 2009 at 5:11 pm
George Washington’s plan to invade Canada in 1775 ended in disaster.
Ray Raphael |
Published: December 11, 2009 at 5:04 pm
In 1775 General George Washington issued rules for invading a foreign country: make friends with the locals, respect religious differences and don’t abuse prisoners.
Published: December 02, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Maj. Robert Rogers successes on the New Hampshire frontier in the French and Indian War and his still-relevant "Rules of Ranging" are explored in a biography by John F. Ross.
Edward G. Lengel |
Published: November 05, 2009 at 5:39 pm
When British troops captured the river fortress at Stony Point, New York, in 1779, George Washington was determined to drive them out with force and fixed bayonets.
Ernest B. Furgurson |
Published: February 05, 2009 at 1:43 pm
George Washington’s life may have been spared at the Battle of Brandywine by a British marksman who placed honor before glory.
Published: March 17, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Preview of HBO's John Adams miniseries based on the book by David McCullough.
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