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Toward Lexington
By John W. Shy
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This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution.
Originally published in 1965.
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