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Article: Crucible of War: The Seven Years War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766. (Book Reviews).
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- December 22, 2001
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Crucible of war: The seven years war and the fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766. By Fred Anderson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. 862 pages. $40.00. Reviewed by Major Robert Bateman, Department of History, US Military Academy, West Point, New York.
If the true benefit that we gain from the reading of history is not the "lessons learned" but rather the wisdom of age, then Fred Anderson has handed us a windfall. Crucible of War is all about wisdom, and contains the echoes of empire on nearly every page. Hubris, arrogance, cultural disdain, and pseudo-professionalism were the hallmarks of the Seven Years War, known as the French and Indian War to ...