David Hackett Fischer
Born
December 02, 1935
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Washington's Crossing
5 editions
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2003
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Paul Revere's Ride
20 editions
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1994
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
2 editions
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1989
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Champlain's Dream
29 editions
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2008
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Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought
12 editions
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1970
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The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
21 editions
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1996
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African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
6 editions
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2022
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Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement
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7 editions
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1993
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Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
5 editions
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2012
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Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideals
7 editions
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2004
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“New England farmers did not think of war as a game, or a feudal ritual, or an instrument of state power, or a bloodsport for bored country gentlemen. They did not regard the pursuit of arms as a noble profession. In 1775, many men of Massachusetts had been to war. They knew its horrors from personal experience. With a few exceptions, they thought of fighting as a dirty business that had to be done from time to time if good men were to survive in a world of evil. The New England colonies were among the first states in the world to recognize the right of conscientous objection to military service, and among the few to respect that right even in moments of mortal peril. But most New Englanders were not pacifists themselves. Once committed to what they regarded as a just and necessary war, these sons of Puritans hardened their hearts and became the most implacable of foes. Their many enemies who lived by a warrior-ethic always underestimated them, as a long parade of Indian braves, French aristocrats, British Regulars, Southern planters, German fascists, Japanese militarists, Marxist ideologues, and Arab adventurers have invariably discovered to their heavy cost.”
― Paul Revere's Ride
― Paul Revere's Ride
“Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.”
― Washington's Crossing
― Washington's Crossing
“Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.”
― Washington's Crossing
― Washington's Crossing
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