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Article: Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775.(Book review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- December 1, 2005
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Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775, by Michael N. McConnell. Studies in War, Society, and the Military Series. Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 2004. xi, 211 pp. $49.95 US (cloth).
Michael McConnell opens a fascinating window on the daily lives and experiences of British soldiers along the North American frontier in the mid-eighteenth century. His focus concentrates on the period near the conclusion of the Seven Years' War and the start of the War for American Independence. McConnell aptly notes that the main purpose for examining soldiers' lives in the West is "fundamental to any larger exploration of the army's ...