The American Revolution on Trial: A New Nation Confronts the Burden of Independence
By T. H. Breen
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By T. H. Breen
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A master historian uncovers a spellbinding story illustrating the stakes for the new nation in the American War for Independence
How does a new country demonstrate to the world that it is prepared to uphold the rule of law? During the winter of 1778, in the midst of revolution, a bizarre and dramatic court-martial forced an American community to confront the full implications of its independence from Great Britain—and produced a frank reexamination of a struggling nation’s cultural and polit...






















