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The Constitutional Debate over a Standing National Navy
byThere is a gap in most histories of the United States Navy. The blank space lies between the end of the American Revolution and…
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Recent JAR News
byThe Journal of the American Revolution reaches a wide audience and is regularly cited on other web sites, in scholarly books and articles, newspapers, and…
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Major James Wemyss: Second Most Hated British Officer in the South
byNo British officer was more reviled by Patriots in the South during the American Revolution than Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton. Based partly on fact…
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Valley Forge
byValley Forge by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018) Americans refer to many of their nation’s most iconic events…
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Continental Congress vs. Continental Army: Strategy and Personnel Decisions
byWhen the American Revolution became a shooting war, it was left to the Continental Congress to become the body of state for the thirteen…
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Alexander Clough: Forgotten Patriot Spymaster
byTelevision series and popular books such as TURN: Washington’s Spies and Alexander Rose’s Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring recreate and immortalize the exploits…
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Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
byStephen Fried, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father (New York: Crown, 2018) BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON When…
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What is the best audiovisual material to teach students about the American Revolution or Founding Era?
byOne of our readers, an educator, asked the JAR editors a question that we chose to put before our contributors: What is the best…
The Sea Battle that Paid Off for the Continental Army
byAs the Revolutionary War was coming to an end, financial problems came to the forefront: to name a few, the country’s debts to France,…
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The American Revolution: A World War
byBook Review: The American Revolution: A World War, edited by David K. Allison and Larrie D. Ferreiro, (Smithsonian Books, 2018). BUY THIS BOOK FROM…
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A Revolution in Mottoes: Newspaper Mastheads and the American Revolution
byIn early 2017, the Washington Post debuted a new masthead with the motto “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” At about the same time, the New…
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Revolution Road with the Journal of the American Revolution: Todd Braisted on the Military Role of Loyalists
byOn the first Friday of each month those who have Sirius XM radio can listen to “Revolution Road with the Journal of the American…
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Thomas Paine Goes to Sea: A Pre-Revolutionary Tale
byComing up rapidly from behind the British privateer, the frigate suddenly lowered one national flag and raised another, the customary ruse of switching colors,…
Interview with Ramin Ganeshram, author of The General’s Cook: A Novel
byJAR: In a nutshell, can you give us a basic overview of The General’s Cook? RG: The General’s Cook is about George Washington’s enslaved chef, Hercules,…
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Stalking Daniel Morgan in the Archives
byFor the last two years or more I have been searching for written evidence from the life of Daniel Morgan—who in the twists, turns,…