About intelligence. This is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature, the impact of intelligence on the revolution. Most of us when we went through school and learned about the revolution, even at college level, dont delve into the importance of intelligence operations on the american revolution. And thats quite problematic because if you look at the strategic imbalance of the revolution, the advantages that the british had over the americans, by ignoring the intelligence aspect, you dont get the story about how the United States wins the war. The british had almost every advantage. They had a modern, professional army that had been Battle Tested whereas the colonists did not, they had a small Continental Army reinforced by the militia that could not be counted on when the battle began. The british had the greatest navy in the world. The americans didnt have a navy to speak of. We had pirates, essentially, that we gave the ability to steal and pillage for th
Guest its justice, a valid response, and i cant help but raise fists in the air, but the fact of the matter is we want to live free, and we want to know how to grow tomatoes in lib rty, and like our neighbors and be valuable members of the community. To some degree, id rather be a Good Neighbor than a good libertarian. Theres not a conflict there, but if i had to choose, its a Good Neighbor. Host wendy mcelroy, t author of the art of being free, and youre watching cspan2. Host now from the archives, the history of the Boston Tea Party which occurred on 1773. The author reports that the demonstration against the british collection of import duties was composed of smugglers and tax evaders led by lawyer james ottis jr. And brewer sam adams. They recount the protest spread throughout the country including assaults that spurredded George Washington to proclaim the protesters vandals. This about 50 50 minutes. There is nothing so easy but to persuade people they are badly governed. Those wo
By any stretch of the imagination, life in colonial America was hard, demanding, and cruel. Many European settlers did not survive their first few years
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