Michael McConnell’s account tracks the campaign from the drawing board to its conclusion, when the French defenders (after losing their Indian allies) abandoned Fort Duquesne before Forbes reached it. Like the campaign, the book ends... more
Michael McConnell’s account tracks the campaign from the drawing board to its conclusion, when the French defenders (after losing their Indian allies) abandoned Fort Duquesne before Forbes reached it. Like the campaign, the book ends anticlimactically, with Forbes’s death at the end of a successful campaign. Yet along the way, McConnell offers not only high drama, but also perceptive insights on European warfare, the unique challenges of waging war in America, and the nature of the British Empire. The narrative of Forbes’s efforts paints a vivid picture of a European army on campaign.
