Fred Anderson (1)
Autore di Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
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Sull'Autore
Fred Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Opere di Fred Anderson
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1949 -04-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Istruzione
- Colorado State University (BA)
Harvard College (PhD) - Attività lavorative
- professor
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 2,083
- Popolarità
- #12,336
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 24
- ISBN
- 35
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 4
This is one of the clearest, and most concise books on history I have ever read. Fred Anderson takes a little talked about time in not only American but world history and spreads a web across the globe like hot butter. Who would have known what the events taking place in this short amount of time would lead to. The author brings out so many situations that are pure foreshadowing to not only the American Revolution but the Civil War as well. The players on this stage fly off the page and shake you. Wolfe, Washington, Montcalm, Pitt, Braddock... and many others. As you read this book these men are standing right in front of you. Washington with his calm expression of surprise and his ability to absorb the events unfolding around him. Wolfe in his manic OCD mannerisms. Braddock's one track mind. Pitt's desire for over achievement and the melancholy distrusting mind of Montcalm. My favorite chapter is probably the battle of Quebec between Wolfe and Montcalm. This book is highly recommended and you can smell it. It is amazing what History writers like Anderson bring to the table. Anderson is in good company with, Asbridge, Bauer and Dan Jones. It is quite obvious how much a labor of love this book is. My hats off to Mr. Anderson for sharing it with us.
Having finished this book only a few days ago It is still lingering in my mind. The last half of the book goes into detail in regards to the events that would eventually lead to revolution: The Stamp act and other events that ruffled the feathers of the Colonist. The author really shows us the way they looked at the world around them. The ghosts of men like Wolfe and Braddock and their deeds (or misdeeds, accomplishments or failures) regardless, their actions teetered like ghosts as the road to change went from one lane to a super highway in a very short period of time.… (altro)