tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3914086333839277042..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Hoock on Revolutionary War Violence in Boston, 11 MayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-73780310768059293272017-05-09T05:37:53.175-05:002017-05-09T05:37:53.175-05:00John, glad to see you're covering this. I hope...John, glad to see you're covering this. I hope you might devote a post or two to reviewing/analyzing the book...Don Carletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977791775241034849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-86784659260057980662017-05-08T10:17:42.116-05:002017-05-08T10:17:42.116-05:00I could think of examples of everything mentioned ...I could think of examples of everything mentioned in the blurb as well. But then, we've read a lot of books about the war and have even written some. Hoock may be addressing the general audience that doesn't consider such things, or historical claims that the Revolutionary War or mid-eighteenth-century warfare in general was less atrocious than wars before and after. He also seems to be trying to get into how people of the time <i>thought</i> about that violence. But I hope to hear a lot more of interest at this event than in the few paragraphs of the blurb.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-50961203939889562682017-05-08T03:07:46.036-05:002017-05-08T03:07:46.036-05:00I hate to disappoint Prof. Hoock, but not one of t...I hate to disappoint Prof. Hoock, but not one of the items cited is new to me. If the blurb can be trusted -- and why shouldn't it? -- he sets up a straw man narrative and proceeds to pummel it.Joe Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479858641297585493noreply@blogger.com