Toward Lexington

Toward Lexington Synopsis

This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution.

Originally published in 1965.

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