Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.

Three Soldiers: Robert Clive, George Washington, and James Wolfe -- First soldier: From despair to conquest: Exile in Madras -- Impossible siege -- Out of victory, defeat -- Second soldier: Into the forest: Arrow -- Half King's gamble -- "Poor Brittons remember" -- Heroes: "Black hole of Calcutta" -- Third and perfect soldier: James Wolfe -- Rights and Rules: Three challenges: Legal challenge: Child is born in Boston -- Military challenge: Rebellion in the Appalachian foothills -- Mob's challenge: Hellfire in London -- London responds: Prime Minister -- East India Company -- Slave or free?: Spirit of freedom -- Slavery -- Networks: Spirit of democracy -- Mobs -- Franklin addresses Parliament -- Edges of empire: "Indians' hunting ground" -- Rules of Bengal -- Crisis: 9 half measures: "What is England now" -- Farmer writes, and the "Man of the Revolution" speaks -- Liberty: Liberty -- Hunger -- Tea: "A designƯto enslave America" -- Collapse -- George Washington and Robert Clive -- Intolerable: Action -- Reaction -- Common sense: "An asylum for mankind" -- Making a Nation -- Revolutions: Jewel in the crown.