The American Historical Review · 1980 · 66 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistoryMilitary HistoryPolitical HistoryWar StudiesAge Of RevolutionsEnlightenment ThoughtNineteenth-century WarfareRevolutionary MovementsRevolutionary WarfareRevolutionary CitizenshipRevolutionary FactionsRevolutionary HistoryRevolutionary InsurgencyRevolutionary MemoryRevolutionary PoliticsRevolutionary War
In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980.