The Weak Redcoats Why the British Army Failed at Lexington and Concord

Why did the most powerful army in the world falter against a scattered colonial militia on April 19, 1775? In The Weak Redcoats, this gripping and revisionist study dismantles the myth of British military invincibility. It reveals how structural weakness-not colonial luck-shaped the outcome at Lexington and Concord.

Drawing on battlefield reports, officers' correspondence, logistics records, and recent scholarship, this book shows how rigid command culture, poor intelligence, overconfidence,...