{"product_id":"9781472872678","title":"War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution","description":"Author: Martin, James Kirby; Lender, Mark Edward\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472872678\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on vivid contemporary accounts, this\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating exploration of how and why the Revolutionary War descended into a brutal existential struggle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis engrossing history of the Revolutionary War conclusively shows that those caught up in it believed they had nothing to lose by fighting without regard for the rules of so-called \"civilized warfare.\" The clarion call to arms \"Liberty or Death\" was far more than just rhetoric. At its grimmest level, it was a conflict in which military restraint was more the exception than the rule, a struggle in which combatants believed their very existence was in question. This led to an acceptance of violence against persons and property as preferable to a defeat equated with political, cultural, and even physical extinction. It was war with an expectation and acceptance of ferocity and brutality     \u003ci\u003eanything\u003c\/i\u003e to avoid defeat.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA number of historians have previously concluded that United States' founding struggle reached a level of ferocity few Americans now associate with the movement for independence. However, these studies have described \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e happened, without looking in detail at \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e the conflict took such a violent a turn. Written by two esteemed Revolutionary War historians, \u003ci\u003eWar Without Mercy \u003c\/i\u003edoes exactly that. Based on years of research and enlivened by little known primary sources, this is an intriguing and fresh look at a period of history we thought we knew.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655884001438,"sku":"UBD-9781472872678","price":52.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472872678.jpg?v=1774836334","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472872678","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}