Crucible of WarBy: Fred Anderson In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' Warlong seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolutiontakes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britains empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an