What we’re about
A book club about the history, culture, politics, economics, psychology, philosophy, technology et al of wars. Novice to history buffs welcome.
"War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means."
-Carl von Clausewitz
"Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this."
–Homer, The Iliad
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Upcoming events (4)
See all- The Radicalism of the American Revolution: Part I MonarchyLink visible for attendees
1993 Pulitzer Prize
“The most important study of the American Revolution to appear in over twenty years … a landmark book.” —The New York Times Book Review
In a grand and immensely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.
Part I: Monarchy
1. Hierarchy
2. Patricians and Plebeians
3. Patriarchal Dependence
4. Patronage
5. Political AuthorityCompanion Yale Course with Joanne Freeman: Playlist
Kindle is currently $5.99
Audiobook available on Hoopla - The Radicalism of the American Revolution: Part II RepublicanismLink visible for attendees
1993 Pulitzer Prize
“The most important study of the American Revolution to appear in over twenty years … a landmark book.” —The New York Times Book Review
In a grand and immensely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.
Part II Republicanism
6. The Republicanization of Monarchy
7. A Truncated Society
8. Loosening the Bands of Society
9. Enlightened Paternalism
10. Revolution
11. Enlightenment
12. BenevolenceCompanion Yale Course with Joanne Freeman: Playlist
Kindle is currently $5.99
Audiobook available on Hoopla - The Radicalism of the American Revolution: Part III DemocracyLink visible for attendees
1993 Pulitzer Prize
“The most important study of the American Revolution to appear in over twenty years … a landmark book.” —The New York Times Book Review
In a grand and immensely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.
Part III Democracy
13. Equality
14. Interests
15. The Assault on Aristocracy
16. Democratic Officeholding
17. A World Within Themselves
18. The Celebration of Commerce
19. Middle-Class OrderCompanion Yale Course with Joanne Freeman: Playlist
Kindle is currently $5.99
Audiobook available on Hoopla
