This is CBS Eye in the World. I'm John Batcher with Professor Joseph Ellis. The new book

is The Cause. And this is a view of the war fast forward because they're the people

participating in this war thinking about it all the time. They don't even see it as

a war. It's seen as a rebellion in London. It's seen as the cause in Boston. However,

other cities, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston have different opinions. And we'll touch upon

them as we go forward. There is a battle though that will determine everybody's early thinking.

That's Bunker Hill where the British are badly beaten up though they win the day by driving

off the militia. Now comes George Washington to take command and he wants, he sees, he's

vision is for an army, a disciplined army. The British make a decision to withdraw from

Boston as guns as cannon arrive that they've, that they found it for Taikanderoga and

hauled over the mountains. The commander understands that he must leave how the William

how of the how brothers remains behind. And he is ordered or the decision is made by London.

George Dermain is now Secretary of State for the colonies to move to New York. In moving

to New York, Washington has an opportunity at some point, at some point to move to New

York as well to hold New York. So the expectation now is that there's going to be a battle.

Professor, here is the wonderful insight that I gained from your book. New York becomes

the battlefield for the payoff for both the how brothers and George Washington. More interesting

to me is George Washington before the house arrived back with a fleet to dominate the story.

Why does George Washington believe New York is important? Why does he move his forces from Boston

where they're quite secure to Long Island? He moves it because he knows and the American

Congress knows that that's the place the British are going to focus on an attack. They

know there's a British strategy to take New York whose car bar is invaluable for the British Navy,

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