Welcome to the fourteenth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we FINALLY get around to the American Revolution and the stuffy British aristocrat responsible for Saratoga. Sources<ul><li>Ferling, John. Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-81. Bloomsbury, New York, 2021.</li><li>Ketchum, Richard. Saratoga: Turning Point of America’s Revolution. Henry Holt &amp; Co., New York, 1997.</li><li>Luzader, John. Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution. Savas Beattie, New York, 2008.</li><li>O’Shaughnessy, Andrew. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of Empire. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2013.</li></ul><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

John Landis

On this humorous and informative show, a long-time history lover and a history rookie discuss pivotal moments in time when someone effed up, and unwittingly changed the course of history.Cover art: The Course of Empire: Destruction, Thomas Cole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.