McCullough also provides detail to make the war come alive for readers: to bring the events that took place to life rather than offer a typically dull and two-dimensional account like most textbooks do. The author is adept at providing a well-researched and reliable history of the War of Independence without becoming bogged down by academic jargon. 1776 is neither like a textbook, nor like a scholarly tome. The subject matter is of course mostly of interest to American readers, who will take great pride in reading the courageous tales of individuals and collective groups who fought for the principles upon which the nation was founded. Forging a new nation was and still is no small feat. Even though Great Britain was no tyrannical power, the Crown did represent for the colonies an outmoded form of governance that needed to be dealt a real and symbolic blow. Idealism aside, the events that took place that fateful year also transformed...
The British Empire was dealt a serious blow. Although the United States would remain a backwater for over a hundred years, it would some day become a global superpower that surpassed the British Empire.
McCullough's slant became obvious when he depicted the life of the British King, wherein he demonstrated how King George III was "unfit" to rule over the British Army because of his lack of experience to hardships and his inability to experience and understand the hard life of both British and American civil societies. As a leader, the author described him as follows: "[h]e had never been a soldier. He
Origins and Characteristics of the Law and Legal Systems in the U.S. The Origins and Characteristics of the Law and Legal Systems in the United States The origins and characteristics of the law and legal systems of the United States It is a commonplace observation to state that the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the U.S. are the origin of and provide the characteristics of the legal systems of the U.S. But
(Ripley 2002) There is also an increasing presence of Middle Eastern expats within the metropolitan Detroit and its suburbs. Bush genuinely, believed, according to his supporters that ideologically driven Islamic youth might perform terrorist's acts from within despite any efforts by the Transportation Safety Authorities to ensure that no terrorists came into the country from without. This gave rise to the first critic of President Bush, invoking the American Defense Act
Korean War is often called the quiet or forgotten war. Sandwiched in between the popular war, World War II, and an unpopular war, The Vietnam War, The Korean conflict was not the measure of hardware and military might which occurred in WWII. The Korean War was also not the political boondoggle which arose during the Vietnam era. The Korean conflict tested the wills and strategies of the world's global super
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