The Incoherence of Ken Burns’s ‘The American Revolution’ [More]
Yes, it’s flawed, and yes, Burns is a lefty, but I watched it and found it time well spent, and some of the hard truths inconvenient but necessary.
The author came to a conclusion that makes a point I’ve long argued:
The title of Burns’s series is misleading. A more apt title would have been something like, “The American Wars for Independence.”
The Revolution was that people don’t need a king and can self govern. The War of the Rebellion was just that.
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