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The French-Indian War 1754-1760 | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Routledge
Category: EBooks
List Price: $55.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 53641
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.26
ASIN: B00193KHQE
Publication Date: November 25, 2002
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Product Description
This book traces the background and course of the French-Indian War, fought out in the forests, plains, and forts of the North American frontier. Despite early French successes against a British army unskilled in woodland fighting, the British learned quickly from their Native American allies and emerged victorious at Louisbourg and Quebec.
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 The American Side of the Seven Years War April 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All in all, Daniel Marston does a good job in summarizing this conflict. The French and Indian War was essentially the North American theater of operations for the Seven Years War between France and Great Britain. The book provides a good overview of the various campaigns during this war. In addition, Mr. Marston provides a description of the events in the Ohio River Valley that led to hostilities. In about three pages, the author is able to give the reader valuable insight as to the cause of this conflict.
The "Warring Sides" chapter gives an excellent description of the two types of tactics used in this conflict. These types were either linear formations or irregular / frontier tactics. Each side had to overcome a learning curve in determining how best employ each of these tactical formations. This chapter also discusses the differences between regular and provincial units. Often, mistrust would develop, as provincial soldiers were not subject to the same harsh discipline and regular soldiers. Thus, the regulars viewed the provincial units as unreliable and lacking discipline. In turn, the provincials looked at regular units as being ignorant of how to fight in the woods.
On a critical note, some of the maps are out of place and labeled with confusing titles. The Battle of La Belle Famille is listed with the heading of Fort Niagara and is located on page 59; two pages after the narrative of the battle itself. That said, the Quebec Campaign is listed in the middle of its description, as it should be.
The chapter titled "Portrait of a Civilian" is short but fascinating. It discusses the events surrounding two white settlers who were taken hostage by the Indians. The reader will certainly feel sympathy for the female captive, Jean Lowry. She was beaten and had her children taken away. The author then provides a comparison to Titus King, a white man who was also taken captive. Mr. King was treated much better than Mrs. Lowry. At one point, an Indian family adopted him as their grandfather.
The final chapter has a subheading of "Ramifications for the Future" and provides some interesting background information on the American Revolution. Even the most patriotic of Americans will feel some sympathy for the British. The English were essentially caught between honoring their treaty promises to the Indians and the colonist's strong desire to push westward. Clearly, the issue of taxation without representation was not the only point of contention that sparked the American Revolution.
Bottom line, this is a pretty good summary of the war. As with all Osprey books, it is full of maps and illustrations. Some maps are out of place but this is a minor inconvenience. In addition to discussing the battles, Mr. Marston does a fine job of covering military tactics, economic issues, and the rivalry between provincial and regular units. All things considered, this book is worth the time spent reading it.
Excellent overall May 6, 2004
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I found this book to provide an excellent general overview of an often overlooked period of American colonial history. I am bemused by the earlier poster Mr. Westbrook's comments regarding the Joshua Goodenough account (which, by the way, forms a fraction of the book's content). The source for this is listed as the Massachusetts Historical Society, which cites this under the Library of Congress heading "Subject(s): United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763-Personal narratives", so clearly the claim for its being fiction is not universally known. (Remington himself claims that it is a real letter.) The surname Goodenough has a well-established Anglo-Saxon history and can be found even today in both England and the US, so by itself is not really sufficient proof of an 19th (or 18th!) century literary joke. More thoughtful commentary and less of what sounds like backbiting would be welcome in these reviews.
 Unreliable April 22, 2004
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
This disappointing book comes from the usually reliable Osprey, but the editors and fact-checkers must have on holiday when this came through. The illustrations are muddy, and many are printed backwards! The real howler is that the author accepts at face-value the account of one of Robert Rogers' supposed Rangers, "Joshua Goodenough" (get it?), but written by artist Frederic Remington for Harper's Magazine in 1897. This is certainly NOT an "Essential History" from Osprey. Save your money for the ones that are, and there are plenty of those.
Warfare in the Wilderness December 29, 2002
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book with a few exceptions.The "Battle of Grant's Hill" during the Forbes Campaign to take French held Fort Duquesne was poorly researched.The book states that the British destroyed several blockhouses around the fort prior to the battle,when in reality,they only set fire to one which was eventually extinguished.There are several other errors that a little research would have corrected.Otherwise,not a bad book on the F&I War.
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