This detailed account of the pivotal moments of the American Revolutionary War lays open the risks that were taken on both sides that should they have gone wrong, would have spelt disaster for the American Rebels. As it turned out, the risks taken by the British Commanders did not work in their favour and gave benefit to the Revolutionary forces. The account also brings to light the impact that the French recognition of American Independence had on the final outcome of the war as British resources were transferred from the American uprising to protect British Caribbean assets from French aggression. This, combined with the support of French forces directly into conflict, led to the inevitable result of the British surrender at Yorktown in1783.