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A Rebel’s Guide to Defeating the British Army | Dr. Alexander Burns


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Dr. Alexander Burns joined Rep. Crenshaw for a fascinating conversation about the evolution of 18th century warfare, General Washington’s battlefield tactics, the age-old conflict between officers and common soldiers, and the beginning of the American military.

 

Dr. Alexander Burns is an Assistant Professor of History at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he specializes in 18th century conflict in North America and Europe. He is the author of Infantry in Battle, 1733-1783. Follow him on X at @KKriegeBlog.

 

Grade inflation and student entitlement in higher education

 

How to research like a military historian

 

What we learn from letters of the common British soldier

 

The conflict between officers and enlisted men over battlefield tactics

 

Was there an honor code against killing officers?

 

What Paul Revere really said

 

How the British soldiers viewed the American rebels

 

How the Continental Army began

 

Beginning of the Continental Congress

 

General Washington’s battlefield tactics

 

Guerrilla warfare

 

The role of cavalry in revolutionary combat

 

The American long rifle

 

How many Americans actually wanted independence?

 

The turning point of the Revolutionary War

 

The French Army comes to America

 

How the American military professionalized

 

The War of 1812

 

America invades Canada

 

How close did General Washington get to the battlefront?

 

Can we derive lessons from the Revolutionary War for modern warfare?

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