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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

Richard Bell places the American Revolution inside a worldwide struggle that reached far beyond the thirteen colonies. He follows soldiers, sailors, merchants, diplomats, refugees, and Indigenous communities across the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Their experiences reveal how the war redirected trade, fractured empires, altered migration, and opened new contests over liberty and sovereignty. By tracing these connected upheavals, Bell shows that American independence emerged from a global conflict whose consequences transformed people and political orders around the world.

Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
ISBN: 9780593719510

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History / United States / Revolutionary Period History / World Political Science / Colonialism

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