A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's founding The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire.
It's a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war.
But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this deeply researched and elegantly written account of America's foundi.
Broadway Books Scars of independence: america's violent birth, paperback/holger hoock
