1776

I grabbed a book from my library and I thought it would be worth making a comment. The book is 1776, by David McCullough, I generally like McCullough's books although this book has less detail than some of his others. I read it back in 2005 when it was released.

Reading about George Washington, one wonders how he ever was successful in the Revolution. His success was not in military tactics, but at perpetuating a grand strategy that he may not have specifically designed. Do you think GW strategized in 1776 that he was going to engage in a Fabian strategy with the British or did he think he could win major battles. It was unclear from the book. Nevertheless, the Fabian strategy worked.

Reading this book also reminded me that the American Revolution was nothing like the French Revolution. The French Revolution threw out the old order and attempted to replace it with the new. The American Revolution got rid of King George, but it didn't change much regarding anything else. We just replaced liberal Britons with liberal Americans (who were much better). Its not like the new Ameircan government went in uprooted ten centuries of tradition like the French did.