===Surveys===
* Alden, John R. ''A History of the American Revolution'' (1989), general survey; strong on military (ISBN: 0306803666) * Higginbotham, Don. ''The war of American independence: military attitudes, policies, and practice, 1763-1789'' (1971) best scholarly overview; [http://www.historyebook.org/subscribinginsts.html online through ACLS History E-Book] * Lancaster, ed. Bruce. ''The American Revolution'' (American Heritage Library) (ISBN: 0828102813) (1985), heavily illustrated
* Martin, James Kirby, and Mark E. Lender, ''A Respectable Army: The Military Origin of the Republic, 1763–1789'' (1982), short
* Matloff, Maurice. ''American Military History'' (1989) US Army textbook [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/AMH/amh-toc.htm online]
* Miller, John C. '' Triumph of Freedom, 1775-1783'' (1948) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14559136 online edition]
* Stokesbury, James L. ''A Short History of the American Revolution'' 304p.
* Weintraub, Stanley. ''Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775-1783.'' Free Pr., (2005). 375 pp.
===Surveys: British perspective ===