The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson. First of three books about the American Revolution. The author uses a lot of stats about munitions and materiel used (and lost due to the vagaries of weather, the Atlantic crossing, rats, etc.) that is staggering at times. The level of detail in what will be a 3-volume work allows for a real sense of what the troops experienced and how the war could easily have been lost if not for a combination of fortitude and fortune.
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