Empires at War: the French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America 1754-1763 - Hardcover

Fowler, William M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802714110 ISBN 13: 9780802714114

Publisher: Walker & Co, 2004

Synopsis

Analyzes the critical implications of the French and Indian War in North America that evolved into a global conflict that swept across Europe, Africa, and the East and West Indies and led to the evolution of the British Empire.

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Praise for Empires at War

"William Fowler is a superb historian, and his Empires at War is absolutely first rate-- both a work of expert scholarship and a clear, insightful unfolding of one of the great dramas in history, the importance of which can hardly be overstated."-- David McCullough, author of John Adams and Truman

"A masterful account of the clash of two great empires. Ultimate victory by the British and their colonial allies ended in the expulsion of France from North America and brought the English vast new territories. It also brought them a mountain of debt, which they determined to reduce by levying taxes on the colonists-- laying the groundwork for the American Revolution. Mr. Fowler has told this immensely complex story with such clarity and knowledge that the reader is caught up in the danger and excitement of that critical time."-- Richard Ketchum, author of Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution and Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York

About the Author:

William M. Fowler, Jr. is director of the Massachusetts Historical Society, consulting editor at The New England Quarterly, and honorary professor of history at Northeastern University. His books include Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy, 1783-1815 and The Baron of Beacon Hill: A Biography of John Hancock.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0802714110
• ISBN 13: 9780802714114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332