Crucible of War is political and military history at its best it never flags and is a pleasure to read. The book's usefulness and clarity are enhanced by a hundred landscapes, portraits, maps, and charts taken from contemporary sources. Using a vast body of research, he takes the time to paint the players as living personalities, from George III and George Washington to a host of supporting characters. He makes complex economic, social, and diplomatic patterns accessible and easy to understand. Lawrence to London's House of Commons and the palaces of Europe. In a fast-paced narrative, Anderson moves with confidence and ease from the forests of Ohio and battlefields along the St. Both the French and English had Indian allies France's defeat ended a diplomatic system in which Indian nations, especially the 300-year-old Iroquois League, held the balance between the colonial powers. Of great interest is the importance of Native Americans in the conflict. Demonstrating that independence was not inevitable or even at first desired by the colonists, he shows how removal of the threat from France was essential before Americans could develop their own concepts of democratic government and defy their imperial British protectors.
Fred Anderson, who teaches history at the University of Colorado, takes the story back a decade and explains the significance of the conflict in American history. Histories of the American Revolution tend to start in 1763, the end of the Seven Year's War, a worldwide struggle for empire that pitted France against England in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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