A fully revised and updated third edition of the most established and innovative historical analysis of the Continental Army and its role in the formation of the new republic. * Written by two experts in the field of early U.S. history * Includes fully updated coverage of the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Revolution * Features maps, illustrations, a Note on Revolutionary War History and Historiography, and a fully revamped Bibliographical Essay * Fully established as an essential resource for courses ranging from A.P. U.S. history to graduate seminars on the American Revolution