Reworking his masters thesis and doctoral dissertation at the University of Maryland, Ottawa-based historian Campbell offers a thorough study of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army that fought the French in North American during the Seven Years War. The personal papers of its first three colonels-in-chief have been preserved, making the regiment better documented than any other contemporary British regular unit. He emphasizes how the origin, makeup, activities, and fate of the regiment reflect and illuminate the milieu of 18th-century Atlantic civilization. He covers founder James Prevost, recruiting, the regiment at war, life within the ranks, Native Americans, and the postwar empire. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)