Jonathan R. Dull is a former (retired) senior associate, editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin series and the author of The French Navy and American Independence: A Study of Arms and Diplomacy, 1774-1787 (Princeton, 1975), The French Navy and the Seven Years' War (Nebraska, 2005), The Age of the Ship of the Line (Nebraska, 2009), and Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution (Nebraska, 2010).
-A fascinating examination of possibilities in the American Revolution that might have served to deny independence. Jonathan Dull knows the scholarly studies of the American Revolution, and he has mastered many of the sources that bear on the period. His book takes up hypothetical questions framed on 'what if' circumstances. It is careful and balanced despite its unorthodox method. Any reader interested in the Revolution will find it engaging and valuable.---Robert Middlekauff, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Washington's Revolution--Robert Middlekauff (03/16/2015)