In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war.
He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications.
The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980.
Omohundro Institute And University Of North C A revolutionary people at war: the continental army and american character, 1775-1783, paperback/charles royster
