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S8 Ep328: A GLOBAL WAR AND THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY Colleague Joseph Ellis. The entry of France and Spain transformed the rebellion into a global war, forcing Britain to prioritize the Caribbean over the colonies. Charles Lee was disgraced for his behavior at Monmouth

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🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A GLOBAL WAR AND THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY Colleague Joseph Ellis. The entry of France and Spaintransformed the rebellion into a global war, forcing Britain to prioritize the Caribbean over the colonies. Charles Leewas disgraced for his behavior at Monmouth, while the British shifted to a Southern strategy to retain valuable territory. Simultaneously, Washington ordered a brutal campaign against the Iroquois Confederacy, allies of the British, resulting in the destruction of their villages in a "dirty war" on the frontier. NUMBER 5
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This is CBS Eye on the World.

0:44.9

Here's John Batchelor.

0:48.8

I'm John Batchel, speaking with Professor Joseph Ellis.

0:51.0

The Cause is the new book,

0:53.2

The American Revolution, and its discontents.

0:56.4

It is now the summer of 1778.

1:06.4

The French Empire and the Spanish Empire have re-entered the contest, a global war with the United Kingdom, the navies at sea.

1:11.0

The prize of all is the Caribbean Islands, the sugar islands.

1:15.1

That means that the British now must make a decision.

1:21.0

And the decision is, do we continue to pour men and money into fighting the colonies who are, after all, troublesome and they're part of us?

1:25.0

Or do we fight our enemies across the channel and their allies in Spain

1:30.3

for the grand prize of the Sugar Islands and Gibraltar and other parts of the world, the global war?

1:37.3

The professor writes a scene that is, well, as Washington often said about this war, no one would believe it.

1:46.3

It must be fiction.

1:48.0

This is a moment when Lord Pitt stands to make a speech to the House of Lords saying,

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