Analysis Of Christopher Hibbert's Redcoats And Rebels

Christopher Hibbert’s Redcoats and Rebels is a narrative that discusses the time in which the colonies rebelled against its mother country Great Britain and fought for their independence. This event is known as the American Revolutionary War. He discusses this war by taking an unusual perspective and looking into colonist behavior to see exactly how they won the war and why the British didn’t but all through the eyes of the British.
Hibbert takes time to carefully look at the victories by the Americans. The first battles of the revolution was the battles of Lexington and Concord. Although he talk at the a British victory in the Lexington battle he takes time look more in depth on the battle of Concord seeing exactly how the colonist won and the British forces did not. He speaks about how the colonist, including women, kept a steady fire up against the British. Many of the troops were retreating and actually ended up being shot in the back. Many of the British thought of …show more content…
The book does a great job of making sure that the events are told in chronological order which makes it easy for the readers to keep up with the events that are happening. It also provides look into the all of the generals that were heavily involved in the war. It gives a great British perspective of the war considering the fact that war is usually talked about and taught from an American standpoint. The book does have a few weaknesses such as it doesn’t really give any new facts. Sure he offers a different viewpoint on the war but doesn’t introduce any new facts but states facts that everybody knows. The book also is supposed to be from a British perspective but does tend to look at a lot of the battles from an American viewpoint. Christopher Hibbert is a truly exceptional historian that wrote many works that gave depth into the subjects that he was talking about. He is an unbiased author and creditable facts that back his works