Rick Atkinson

Rick Atkinson is a military historian and former journalist. He is the author of eight books about American wars, including, most recently, The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777–1780.

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  1. The Myth of Mad King George

    He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt. Who was he really?

    Rick Atkinson
    Illustration of King George III as young man with powdered wig and arched eyebrow in the style of an oil painting
    Illustration by Lola Dupre. Source: Piemags / Alamy.