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Working with Documentary Masters: Advising the Producers of PBS’s The American Revolution

by Don N. Hagist

When the request came, I was surprised, excited and flattered in equal parts. Would I be an advisor for the upcoming PBS series The...

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Interviews

November 12, 2025

This Week on Dispatches: Brett Bannor on Gulliver’s Travels and the Founding Generation

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR Contributor Brett Bannor on the surprising influence of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" on members of...

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November 11, 2025

An interview with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, producers of Ken Burns’ The American Revolution

by Editors

The PBS documentary The American Revolution, produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premiers on November 16, 2025. Producers Sarah Botstein and...

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Reviews

November 10, 2025

George Washington: His Quest for Honor and Fame

by Timothy Symington

BOOK REVIEW: George Washington: His Quest for Honor and Fame by Peter R. Henriques (Charlottesville, VA: University of VA Press, 2025) $24.95 hardcover Famed...

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The War Years (1775-1783)

November 6, 2025

Brickett’s Brigade: Less Infantry and More Cavalry at Saratoga

by Sherman Lohnes

Borden H. Mills, writing on the Saratoga campaign a century ago, noted: The task of determining, with any degree of certainty, what militia units...

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