Joseph J. Ellis "Revolutionary Summer"
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This event was recorded at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2013. More information is available at www.politics-prose.com/event/b...
The summer of 1776 was a busy time for the American colonies. As the Continental Congress discussed an independent future, Britain sent a massive armada, which cruised menacingly off Staten Island in July. Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning biographer and historian, traces the chain of events that built momentum for the Revolution.
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The Howe brothers don't want to throw the haymaker. They just wanted to teach the little boys a lesson ...
17:51 ::: Simple Counterfactual
As I always said. My Bday is actually the true Independence Day. July 2nd
19:39 ::: Chivalric : Like British aristocratic dueling.
17:51 ::: Counterfactual History
17:51 ::: Black Swan Event
17:51 The British decide against annihilating the weak American army; that is trapped.
17:51 ::: Washington corners himself.
17:20 ::: De Novo = From Scratch
17:51 ::: Survivorship Bias
31:47 An almost halfway American effort ... Versus: The British could have executed "Total" Mongolian Style War .....
Just win, Baby. Capture the ports and salt the farms.
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17:51 ::: Washington is Done.
17:51 ::: Confirmation Bias?
algorithmic
George Mason: Thomas Jefferson's mentor and elder statesman.
17:51 ::: The easiest thing is to perpetuate the tough guy egoic, toxic male arrogance. We kicked that British butt. Thump that chest!
this guy knows his stuff-
Didn't burn crops and blockade.
Fort Ticonderoga? Not protecting and not needing to protect any of your women and children? Must be nice?
Good Question, Mister Ellis, What if all the German submarines were deployed to exterminate the Dunkirk retreat?
19:30 ::: Adams is wrong. The Revolution was never close to universally popular.
salt the crops and blockade it almost always worked
17:51 ::: July 5th; is for counterfactuals. A celebration of luck. A tamper on hubris.
George Mason Enlightenment Legend
31:47 ::: American half effort. Unpopular Revolution.
18:47 ::: If epic strategic blunderer George Washington is killed along with all his troops and officers? ... for wandering onto an archipelago against the greatest naval force, in the world?
My attacks weren't personal, John. I don't know you. I'm attacking your position. I apologize if my strident language offended you, but these are serious matters: hundreds of thousands dead, tens of thousands of American soldiers dead and maimed, millions displaced. I noticed you didn't respond to any of my charges. And if you really think people can't "have healthy dialogue anymore," go read about how "civil" the Republicans and Federalists were during the periods Prof. Ellis wrote about.
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Revolutionaries stumble into the gauntlet: Battle of New York Long Island Staten Island Caught on an archipelago against the most dominant naval force of its day .....
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