We get an equally accomplished chronicle of the middle years of this multifront war, so compulsively readable that despite its length — again around 800 pages — it’s difficult to put down ... Enjoyable ... To label this book military history, or even American history, does it a disservice ... Atkinson’s ability to work at this level of detail keeps his depictions fresh. This is great history.
A riveting narrative covering the middle years of the American Revolution ... For readers of American history, this is a must-have volume to complete an already vast library covering the fight for democracy some 250 years in the past.
A sweeping and meticulously detailed account of the Revolutionary War’s first 21 months ... This volume is a masterclass in historical writing and an essential read filled with factual rigor to illuminate one of the United States’ most transformative periods.
