Conquered into Liberty Two Centuries of Battles along the Great Warpath that Made the American Way of War

"A brilliant history of our least-known wars on our most-ignored frontierour northern border with Canada" ( Los Angeles Times). Americans often think of the Civil War as the conflict that consolidated the United States, its military values, and practices. But there was another, earlier, and more protracted struggle that shaped American geopolitics and military culture. In Conquered into Liberty, Eliot Cohen describes how five groupsthe British, French, Americans, Canadians, and Indiansfought over the key to the North American continent: the corridor running from Albany to Montreal, known to Native Americans as the "Great Warpath." Cohen explores how a distinctively American approach to war developed along these 200 miles. And he reintroduces characters we thought we knewan admirable Benedict Arnold, a traitorous Ethan Allen, and a devious George Washington. A gripping read grounded in serious scholarship, Conquered into Libertywill enchant readers for decades to come.

Eliot A. Cohen is Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University and founding director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies. From 2007 to 2009 he was Counselor of the Department of State, serving as Secretary Condoleezza Rice's senior advisor on strategic issues.