The Radicalism of the American Revolution (Audiobook)

from RandyStafford

The American Revolution was a failure. That is not the opinion of Wood. It was the opinion of the Revolutionaries. Looking back on what they had wrought, they were despondent over the gap between their ambition and their achievement. "We are indeed a bebanked, a bewhiskied, and a bedollared natio...

from Angelic55blonde

After reading this book it is no wonder that it won the Pulitzer Prize. The author did extensive research and his writing style made it interesting and easy to read. The book begins with a background of the colonies prior to the revolution so the reader can better understand how the revolution wa...

from Othemts

A well-researched and engaging historical work in which the great social revolutions (as opposed to the political one) of the American War for Independence are analyzed. The people of the time made some great lurches forward toward true democracy that in some sense has been lost and remains unrea...

from Katahdin85

An excellent review of the politics behind America's Revolutionary War and how things spun out of control to the point where later in their lives, Adamsm=, Washington, Franklin, Jefferson et al. came to regret the chain of events they had set in motion. A great read to understand the political na...

from dougwood57

Gordon Wood's qualifications as an historian of American colonial and revolutionary history rank with Edmund Morgan [The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 (The Chicago History of American Civilization)] and Bernard Bailyn (The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution). His 'Radicalism of the A...