At the root of this was Rodney’s inaction. Rodney’s decisions after this point set in motion a chain of events that would lead to British General Charles Cornwallis’ surrender at the Battle of Yorktown-an event that proved critical to the American cause. Eustatius, a Dutch-held Caribbean island that served as a major trading port for the shipment of arms and munitions to the American colonists. In today’s excerpt we focus on one of the lesser-known figures profiled in the book, British Admiral Sir George Rodney. What did the American Revolution look like from the other side? In The Men Who Lost America, Andrew O'Shaughnessy surveys the strengths, failings, and quirks of ten British leaders whose actions shaped the outcome of the war.
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