Check out this recent article from The Washington Post on Piers Mackesy’s The War for America, 1755-1783 (University of Nebraska Press, 1993). Reviewer Thomas E. Ricks calls the book a "brilliant, classic history of the American Revolution." For the full article, visit http://nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/War-for-America-1775-1783,672569.aspx.