When I read Fischer's book Washington's Crossing I was struck by the similiar if not near "prequel" or "presaged" strategies put forward by both sides in the Revolutionary War to today's COIN strategies. I put out this question to see if kept in general strat-op terms what others in SWC thought. Some key points of interest, the war was long (8 years) 1775-1783. It was a near-run thing, becoming truly effective (for the US) only after the Brits became involved in a worldwide war that drained their resources, preventing them from focusing on America.

-Thanks Troufion