The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

Authors

William Calhoun

Abstract

“It is the nature of great events to obscure the great events that came before them.” This memorable phrasing begins nineteenth-century historian Francis Parkman’s masterwork on the French and Indian War, Montcalm and Wolfe. One hundred twenty years later, Fred Anderson’s The War That Made Amer- ica clears away with lucid prose and ef- fective narrative style the obscurity that has veiled the French and Indian War. Described as the “first world war” by Winston Churchill, it was the fourth in a series of six wars fought between En- gland and France and their various allies between 1689 and 1815.

Recommended Citation

Calhoun, William (2007) "The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War," Naval War College Review: Vol. 60: No. 1, Article 22.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol60/iss1/22