The Cause
by Joseph J. Ellis
The Revolution as the colonists experienced it, 1773 to 1783: 'the Cause' as a vague unifying phrase that allowed people with different aims to fight together, and the costs of leaving the hard questions unanswered. Ellis's late synthesis.
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Three things you will actually use
- Vague unity can win wars and lose peace.
- Defer hard questions at a price.
- Loyalists were neighbours.
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The Revolution as lived.
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