About this episode

Rick Atkinson discusses the challenges faced by the Continental Army and key figures during the American Revolutionary War from 1777 to 1780.

By winter 1777, the Continental Army was exhausted, having barely escaped annihilation by the world’s most formidable fighting force. Two years into the war, King George, determined as ever to bring the rebellious American colonies to heel, faced a desperate set of foes in Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, to say nothing of rising wartime expenses and the threat of additional international rivals. Celebrated historian Rick Atkinson discusses this story, the subject of the second volume...

People in this episode

Guest: Rick Atkinson

Topics covered

• American Revolutionary War
• Continental Army
• historical analysis
• military strategy
• colonial resistance
• international relations

Keywords

• Continental Army
• American colonies
• King George
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Charleston
• 1777-1780
• military history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: King George

Places: Fort Ticonderoga, Charleston

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