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Article: Richard Middleton. Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course, and Consequences.(Book review)
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- Michigan Historical Review
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- March 22, 2009
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Richard Middleton. Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course, and Consequences. New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. 272. Bibliography. Index. Map. Notes. Paper, $24.95.
The events known as Pontiac's War or Pontiac's Rebellion, encompassing Native American assaults upon British troops, outposts, and settlements in 1763, have been addressed in numerous works published over the past decade. Scholars such as William Nester, Gregory Evans Dowd, David Dixon, and Colin Calloway have all produced books that address the topic. But Richard Middleton's Pontiac's War. Its Causes, Course, and Consequences, offers arguably the single best narrative of the military and diplomatic episodes, ...