The British Are Coming
by Rick Atkinson
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jun 2026 on My First Million.
The general take
Lloyd Blankfein recommends "The British Are Coming" as part of Rick Atkinson's three-volume history of the American Revolution, arguing that Americans don't learn enough about the Revolution or why it was actually fought. He frames it as a good book worth reading alongside the broader series.
About
Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence.
Who said what
Lloyd Blankfein👍 Recommends
…lloyd recommending rick atkinson american revolution history books
“Another good book to read is, it's part of, it will ultimately be a three volume scene by Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution. But the first one is called The British Are Coming and he has, the second volume is out about, people don't learn enough about history in general, but Americans don't learn enough about the American Revolution and why it was fought.”
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