Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst accomplished professionals, and the reason why they failed was not due to a character flaw, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles fighting a war in america. I will lay out some of those obstacles. The first thing is diplomacy. In the seven years war britain had allies. During the war for american independence they found themselves relatively alone, fighting france in 1778. S
Sits in a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. You can watch it next, Brooklyn College professor benjamin carp talks about the advantages and disadvantages for british and American Forces during the revolution. He describes how individual personalities, supplies, and timing influenced the outcomes. This class is one hour and 15 minutes. Benjamin hi, everybody. Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker, she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst of accom
Turn any cell phones or other electronics you may have with you. We have some nice, wright lights this evening because our friends at cspan are fill be ming tonights program, so i can when we go to the q a portion of the event, instead of raising your hand and asking and a question, that we make a line in the front because of the filming from cspan. Be. He teaches history and engineering at George Mason University here in virginia. And at the Stevens Institute of technology in new jersey. He served for over 35 years in the u. S. Navy, u. S. Coast guard and department of defense and was an exchange engineer in the french navy. Larrie is the author of three books, the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, measure of the earth, enlightenment expedition that we shape our world, and is known book brothers at arms american independence and the men of france and spain who saved it. So following his talk this evening if you didnt already pick up a copy of his book they are
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