This Week on Dispatches: Colin Zimmerman on the Prelude to Trenton
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Colin Zimmerman on the strategic contest for Burlington, New Jersey, in the run up to…
This Week on Dispatches: Al Dickenson on Samuel McColloch’s “Great Leap”
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Al Dickenson on Samuel McColloch’s “Great Leap,” one of the tall tales of the American…
This Week on Dispatches: Abby Chandler on Seized with the Temper of the Times
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR Books author Abby Chandler on her research into the Stamp Act Riots in Rhode…
A Dispatches Special: Brady Crytzer at the Fort Plain Conference
On this week’s Dispatches, we are broadcasting host Brady Crytzer’s presentation at the Fort Plain Museum conference on Sir William Johnson and the Wars…
This Week on Dispatches: Brooke Barbier on John Hancock
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Brooke Barbier on her new book, King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a…
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The Latest Release in the JAR Books Series and an Interview with the Author, Abby Chandler
The latest book in our JAR series, Seized With the Temper of the Times: Identity and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary America by Abby Chandler, a professor of…
This Week on Dispatches: Shawn David McGhee on George Washington, the “Modern American Wallace”
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee on the Earl of Buchan’s recognition of George Washington as…
This Week on Dispatches: Jane Strachan on Margaret Moncrieffe Coghlan’s Descent from Riches to Rags
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews attorney and JAR contributor Jane Strachan on her two-part series about the descent from riches to rags…
This Week on Dispatches: Michael Cecere on the Middle Colonies during the First Year of the American Revolution
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historians and JAR contributor Michael Cecere. In his new book United for Independence: The American Revolution in the…
This Week on Dispatches: William H. J. Manthorpe on the Dewees Family
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor William H. J. Manthorpe on the Dewees family and their contributions to the Patriot cause….
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Wiser on the Abraham Clark and William Livingston Rivalry
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Eric Wiser on the bitter political rivalry between Abraham Clark and William Livingston. New episodes…
This Week on Dispatches: Victor J. DiSanto on the Fidelity Medallion
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Victor J. DiSanto on the Fidelity Medallion presented to Isaac Van Wart and the other…
This Week on Dispatches: Benjamin George on George Washington’s Information War
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Benjamin George on how George Washington used information tactically and strategically to manipulate the course…
This Week on Dispatches: Ray Raphael on Whether the Declaration of Independence was Signed on July 4, 1776
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author, historian, and JAR Editorial Board member Ray Raphael on the memories of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and…
This Week on Dispatches: William M. Welsch on the Battle of Petersburg
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor William Welsch on the importance of the overlooked battle of Petersburg, April 25, 1781. New…
This Week on Dispatches: Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. on Lord Cornwallis, Defender of American and British Liberty?
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. on his recent article about how Lord Cornwallis has been viewed by…
This Week on Dispatches: David Price on the Battle of Eutaw Springs
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian, author, and JAR contributor David Price on the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, September 8, 1781,…
This Week on Dispatches: Alexandra I. Griffeth on Patrick Henry and Hanover County, Virginia
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews history student and Virginia Army National Guard employee Alexandra I. Griffeth about historic sites in Hanover County,…
This Week on Dispatches: Shawn David McGhee on George Washington’s “Rules of Civility”
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee on the mystery of George Washington’s “Rules of Civility.” New…
This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on the Engagement Between the Glasgow and the Fledgling Continental Navy
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Eric Sterner on the April 1776 engagement between the British vessel Glasgow and the raw…
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This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on the new JAR annual volume and the Website
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR managing editor Don N. Hagist on the new 2023 Annual Volume and updates on…
The Week on Dispatches: John Settle on Col. Abraham Buford’s Virginia Battalion
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor John Settle on the fascinating story of Col. Abraham Buford and his…
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The JAR 2023 Annual is Now Available
Each spring for the past nine years we have published the Journal of the American Revolution Annual volume. Each book represents those articles selected…
This Week on Dispatches: Mike Matheny on Remembering Horatio Gates
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Mike Matheny on the highs and lows of General Horatio Gates’s career and reputation. New…
This Week on Dispatches: J. L. Bell on the Secrets of Samuel Dyer, Part II
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Associate Editor and historian, J. L. Bell on Samuel Dyer, a person few have heard of,…
This Week on Dispatches: J. L. Bell on the Secrets of Samuel Dyer, PART I
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Associate Editor and historian, J. L. Bell on Samuel Dyer, a person few have heard of,…
This Week on Dispatches: Mark R. Anderson on a Tragic Accident at Fort Anne
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Mark R. Anderson on an accidental shooting at Fort Anne and its consequences that he uncovered…
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This Week on Dispatches: Stuart Lyall Manson on Securing Provisions for American Loyalists in the Upper Saint Lawrence
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews independent Canadian historian and JAR contributor Stuart Lyall Manson on his fascinating research into the political and…
Time for a Change!
We have exciting news for our readers! It’s been ten years. It’s time for a change. Soon, things will look different at JAR. Don’t…
This Week on Dispatches: Scott M. Smith on Luke Day, Forgotten Leader of Shays’s Rebellion
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Scott M. Smith on Luke Day who, along with Job Shattuck and Daniel Shays, led…
An Interview with Bob Thompson, author of Revolutionary Roads
On a special episode of Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Bob Thompson on his latest book, Revolutionary Roads. New episodes of Dispatches are available for…
This Week on Dispatches: Chris Yohn on the Big Runaway
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Chris Yohn, on his research about how settlers in the Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna valley were able…
This Week on Dispatches: Gene Procknow on Ethan Allen and Revolutionary-Era Newspapers
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Gene Procknow on the reputation of Ethan Allen as reported in newspapers of the day….
This Week on Dispatches: Benjamin L. Carp on Capt. Abraham Van Dyck and Military Justice
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews distinguished historian, author, and JAR contributor Benjamin L. Carp on his discovery of two separate encounters between…
This Week on Dispatches: James M. Deitch on Johann Rall at the Battle of Trenton
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor James M. Deitch on whether Hessian commander Johann Rall’s failure at Trenton was due to…
This Week on Dispatches: Norman S. Poser on The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author Norman S. Poser on his new book, From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives…
The 2022 Book-of-the-Year
Since 2014, the Journal of the American Revolution has recognized the adult nonfiction volume that best mirrors the mission of the journal with its…
This Week on Dispatches: John Settle on the 9th Virginia Regiment
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor John Settle on the story of the 9th Virginia Regiment, the Eastern…
This Week on Dispatches: H. Allen Skinner on Nathanael Greene’s Grand Southern Strategy
On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author, US Army civilian historian, and JAR contributor H. Allen Skinner on how Nathanael Greene developed a…