Fred Anderson is Arts and Sciences Professor of Distinction emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. His other books include A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War and (with Andrew Cayton) The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000.
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Apart from The Last of the Mohicans, most Americans know little of the French and Indian War-also known as the Seven Years' War-and yet it remains one of the most fascinating periods in our history. In January 2006, PBS will air The War That Made America,... SEE MORE