Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It

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Amid an excellent number of scholarship and narrative history at the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there’s a gaping hole; one that John Ferling’s up to date book, Whirlwind, will fill. Books chronicling the Revolution have in large part ranged from multivolume tomes that appeal to scholars and essentially the most serious general readers to microhistories that necessarily gloss over swaths of Independence-era history with only cursory remedy.

Written in Ferling’s engaging and narrative-driven style that made books like Independence and The Ascent of George Washington critical and commercial successes, Whirlwind is a fast-paced and scrupulously told one-volume history of this epochal time. Balancing social and political concerns of the period and perspectives of the average American revolutionary with a careful examination of the war itself, Ferling has crafted the precise book for armchair military history buffs, a book in regards to the causes of the American Revolution, the war that won it, and the meaning of the Revolution overall. Combining careful scholarship, arresting detail, and illustrative storytelling, Whirlwind is a unique and compelling addition to any number of books at the American Revolution.

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