US EditionReview: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Richard Bell's book argues that the American Revolution was a global conflict and that collective amnesia obscured its worldwide impact after the war, reshaping historical perspectives.
- Richard Bell, historian and author, argues in The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, book, that the Revolution was a global war based on broad documentary evidence.
- Bell argues that almost immediately after the war ended, a `collective amnesia` took hold, obscuring the wider international consequences for the upstart American colonies.
- Using archival evidence, Bell documents military, diplomatic and imperial conflicts across multiple theaters, linking American fighting to broader late 18th-century imperial struggles involving Britain.
- Maren Longbella's review in the Minnesota Star Tribune brings Riverhead's framing to a wider public audience, while Bell's reinterpretation could prompt renewed scholarly debate and shifts in teaching.
- With the 250th anniversary approaching, Richard Bell's argument timely reframes the Revolution within late 18th‑century conflicts and imperial competition.
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Review: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell asserts in “The American Revolution and the…
Review: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell asserts in “The American Revolution and the…
Review: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell asserts in “The American Revolution and the…
Review: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell asserts in “The American Revolution and the…
Review: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell asserts in “The American Revolution and the…
Review: Book says the American Revolution was really a world war
Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell asserts in “The American Revolution and the…
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