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Mr. Book just finished Shots Heard Round The World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War, by John Ferling.

This book will be released on April 1, 2025.

This book purported to be not only be about the military aspects of the Revolutionary War, but also focus on the political decisions, being being made both here and abroad. The coverage was thorough on the military, but did not go overboard on tactics. For someone who is not really interested in the specifics of battles, I appreciated that part. But, I found this one lacking in terms of the political aspects.

I have already read four of Ferling’s books about the revolutionary era, and early America history, and have given all four of them A’s. But, due to having enough about the political aspects of the war, I did not enjoy this one as much as his others.

So, I give this book a B. Goodreads and NetGalley require grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, a B equates to 3 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at NetGalley, Goodreads and my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews

Mr. Book finished reading this on October 9, 2024.