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Article: Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763.(Book Review)
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- March 22, 2004
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Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763. By Stephen Brumwell. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. x, 349. $34.95.)
In a fascinating, judiciously researched, and well-written study, Stephen Brumwell offers a nuanced reassessment of the British soldier in the critical period of the Seven Years' War. Although many previous works have addressed the theme of British military competency and professionalization in the eighteenth century, few have explored the topic as exhaustively as this author. Indeed, Redcoats makes use of an array of sources that have received little attention, mainly because they have been assumed ...