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This study uses German, British and American manuscript sources to put the Hessians in their historical context. The encounter of the American colonists with the Hessian troops from a disciplined paternalistic society organized for war, was the meeting, not merely of two military systems, but of two ways of life.Atwood, Rodney is the author of 'Hessians Mercenaries from Hennen-Kassel in the American Revolution' with ISBN 9780521526371 and ISBN 052152637X.
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