Book

Liberty Is Sweet

The Hidden History of the American Revolution

Woody Holton

2022

Simon & Schuster

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Q&A

Fighting the American Revolution

An interview with Woody Holton on his new book, "Liberty is Sweet."

by Woody Holton, Tom Cutterham via Age of Revolutions on April 11, 2022
Book Review

The Many American Revolutions

Woody Holton’s "Liberty is Sweet" charts not only the contest with Great Britain over “home rule” but also the internal struggle over who should rule at home.

by Eric Foner via The Nation on April 4, 2022
Book Review

The Paradox of the American Revolution

Recent books by Woody Holton and Alan Taylor offer fresh perspectives on early US history but overstate the importance of white supremacy as its driving force.

by Sean Wilentz via New York Review of Books on December 24, 2021
Book Review

The Storm Over the American Revolution

Why has a relatively conventional history of the War of Independence drawn such an outraged response?

by Eric Herschthal via The New Republic on November 18, 2021

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Abraham Lincoln speaking to a crowd.

Stop Making Sense

Are the truths in the Declaration of Independence really self-evident?

by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on November 8, 2021

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