The French and Indian War Without the French: Fred Anderson's Crucible of War.

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: Dull, Jonathan R. | Copyright information

Fred Anderson set himself a difficult standard to match with his superb first book, A People's Army.' Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War.(1) This carefully-researched and well-written study of the impact of the war of 1755-62 on Massachusetts society and its attitudes toward Great Britain has been followed by similar books on Connecticut by Harold Selesky(2) and on Virginia by James Titus.(3) Not surprisingly, Anderson's general history of the Seven Years' W...

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