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Title: A "must avoid" kind of book!
Review: This is written by the author of a breezy study of the War of 1812, and now he takes up the subject of the French and Indian War in a popular history that suffers from conceptual problems, uneven coverage of the war's events, and an over-reliance on a fast-paced narrative at the expense of any significant interpretive value--in other words, most of that genre's typical flaws. Even the book's cover presents a problem in that the dramatic illustration is not from the French and Indian War, although this may have been the publisher's decision. Nevertheless, there seems to be an over-reliance on Parkman for details, a preponderance of some very dated sources, and no archival research. Moreover, Indians get left out almost completely. This is a MUST AVOID book, suitable only for those uninterested in interpretation or research. Read anything by Fred Anderson instead.
