Fowler, William M., Jr. Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763.(Book Review)

From: History: Review of New Books | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Watson, Alan D. | Copyright information

Fowler, William M., Jr. Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763 New York: Walker 384 pp., $27.00, ISBN 0-8027-1411-0 Publication Date: November 2004

In Empires at War, William M. Fowler Jr., director of the Massachusetts Historical Society, consulting editor at the New England Quarterly, and oft-published historian, has produced a sterling account of the French and Indian War--the North American phase of the Seven Years' Wa...

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