Overview
While many historians focus on the American events of its War of Independence, the French, Spanish, Dutch, Mysoreans, Native Americans, and British fought battles on all continents other than Antarctica. In many ways, the British won in all the theaters except North America. In addition to North America, the British, Americans, French, Spanish, Indians (Mysore), and Dutch waged battles and campaigns of the American Revolution in the Caribbean/Central America, Europe, and Asia.
Global Conflict
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Bell, Richard. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Riverhead Books, 2025.
O’Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson. An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean. Early American Studies. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Caribbean Theater
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
O’Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson. An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean. Early American Studies. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Europe/Siege of Gibraltar
Primary Sources
Harvey, P. D. A. “An Account of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-83.” The British Museum Quarterly 23, no. 4 (1961): 93-95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4422678.
Secondary Sources
Adkins, Roy and Leslie. Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History. S.l.: Viking, 2018.
Chartrand, René. Gibraltar, 1779-83: The Great Siege. Campaign 172. Oxford ; New York: Osprey, 2006.
Falkner, James. Fire over the Rock: The Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Military, 2009.
McGuffie, T.H. The Siege of Gibraltar – 1779-1783. Philadelphia: Dufour Editions, 1965.
Russell, Jack. Gibraltar Besieged 1779-1783. London: Heinemann, 1965.
