If you're interested in more Seven Year's War... by atreides (4.00 / 1) #15 Mon Jul 17, 2006 at 08:37:46 AM EST
...I'm reading Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 and it's quite good thus far... It's scholarly without being dry and does a good job of combining Brit, US, French and Native sources to give it a much more multifaceted view than most works on war. As a bonus, it posits that the Revolution was actually a result of the postwar problems this war created though I haven't gotten that far yet.

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Schama by TheophileEscargot (2.00 / 0) #17 Mon Jul 17, 2006 at 01:15:57 PM EST
Also gives it a certain amount of influence. The war against the French in the Americas was hugely expensive and led to a huge war debt for the British government, so it seemed pretty unreasonable when the colonists refused to pay taxes towards their defence.
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