The American Revolution today -- A new look at the colonial militia -- The spectrum of imperial possibilities: Henry Ellis and Thomas Pownall 1763-1775 -- The empire militant: Thomas Gage and the coming of war -- The empire remembered: Lawrence Gipson, historian -- American strategy: Charles Lee and the radical alternative -- Hearts and minds in the American revolution: the case of "Long Bill" Scott and Peterborough, New Hampshire -- Armed loyalism: the case of the Lower Hudson Valley -- The military conflict considered as a revolutionary war -- The American military experience: history and learning.