Ep 200: Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution at 250

Rick Atkinson, historian and author of The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, joins the show to discuss the causes, conduct, and epic consequences of the American Revolution.  

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Times 

    •      02:08 Introduction

    •      02:21 Journalism   

    •      04:30 Mogadishu 

    •      09:30 Lessons

    •      12:49 Ideology      

    •      16:36 Diplomacy

    •      20:21 Boston      

    •      22:59 “Blows must decide”  

    •      28:05 British strategy 

    •      31:27 Washington     

    •      36:49 Franklin in Paris

    •      41:15 Friendless Britain      

    •      45:57 Legacy

    •      51:24 250th Celebration 

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