|
|
Post by brokennock on Aug 6, 2020 0:22:37 GMT -7
Not sure where to place this question. B.H. please move it where most appropriate.
Please pardon my ignorance, I liked history in school, bit I liked partying, cutting up in class, and skipping out to hunt and fish or jam with local bands more. I didn't get serious about history until relatively recently, the last 8 to 10 years.
Taking our French and Indian war as Britain and France fighting their 7 years war on our soil, what fighting was going on between then on their soil? Can anyone recommend any good books that offer a good overview of other theaters of this war?
|
|
|
|
Post by paranger on Aug 6, 2020 4:15:19 GMT -7
Fred Anderson's Crucible of War is highly regarded. I liked William Nester's The French and Indian War and the Conquest of New France for its geopolitical and grand strategic view from the French perspective. Despite the title, the book covers the whole Seven Years War as well. I have to warn you, though: to really make sense of the SYW, you need to know something about the Wars of Spanish and Austrian Succession as well (Queen Anne's War and King George's War in North America). The quest keeps leading you backward for context. Happens to me all the time  If that happens to you, Howard Peckham's The Colonial Wars 1689-1762 is a classic. |
|
|
|
Post by armando on Aug 6, 2020 4:48:33 GMT -7
I'm reading Crucible of War right now and that really gives you a bird's eye view (as well as detailed minutia) of the whole conflict.
|
|
coot
City-dweller
Posts: 156
|
Post by coot on Aug 6, 2020 9:28:30 GMT -7
The Seven Years War is considered by a number of historians as the first global war. The North American theater was only one of many. As mentioned previously, to understand the 7yrs, historical background in necessary. For an American perspective, I would suggest J. Revell Carr - "Seeds of Discontent" which roughly covers 1650 to 1750. An excellent read is a book that I can't put my hands on it right now but I believe the title is "The War That Made America" which is actually a history of the 7yrs in N. America & not the Revolution. As a navy guy, I also have to mention Jonathan Dull & "The French Navy and the Sever Years' War" which covers the was from a global view with major actions in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and North America.
|
|
|
|
Post by Black Hand on Aug 8, 2020 8:17:03 GMT -7
Fred Anderson's Crucible of War is highly regarded. I liked William Nester's The French and Indian War and the Conquest of New France for its geopolitical and grand strategic view from the French perspective. Despite the title, the book covers the whole Seven Years War as well. is a long slog, but has good information. Another one is Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman. |
|
|
|
Post by brokennock on Aug 8, 2020 9:59:25 GMT -7
Thanks all.
|
|
|
|
Post by colmoultrie on Nov 27, 2020 21:57:14 GMT -7
The Seven Years War is considered by a number of historians as the first global war. The North American theater was only one of many. As mentioned previously, to understand the 7yrs, historical background in necessary. For an American perspective, I would suggest J. Revell Carr - "Seeds of Discontent" which roughly covers 1650 to 1750. An excellent read is a book that I can't put my hands on it right now but I believe the title is "The War That Made America" which is actually a history of the 7yrs in N. America & not the Revolution. As a navy guy, I also have to mention Jonathan Dull & "The French Navy and the Sever Years' War" which covers the was from a global view with major actions in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and North America. The War That Made America is also by Fred Anderson, a shorter version of The Crucible of War. |
|
|
|
Post by Black Hand on Nov 28, 2020 9:27:08 GMT -7
The War That Made America is also by Fred Anderson, a shorter version of The Crucible of War. Also a PBS mini-series |
|
