Historian Sarah M. S. Pearsall on the Siege of Gibraltar

Historian Sarah M. S. Pearsall discusses the Siege of Gibraltar, calling it the longest battle of the American War of Independence, and proposes a global perspective on these events for the country's 250th anniversary.

2 Jul, 17:38 — 2 Jul, 17:38

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Sarah M. S. Pearsall, historian: ‘The siege of Gibraltar is the longest battle of the American War of Independence’

On the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding, the scholar proposes a revision of those events from a global perspective, with resistance to the British Empire as its guiding thread

By Iker Seisdedos García

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Historian Sarah M. S. Pearsall on the Siege of Gibraltar

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