� The fifth annual edition of the�best articles published over the�past year in the Journal of the�American Revolution.

� Articles include, the first countries�to diplomatically recognize�the United States (Yes, you�guessed it, Sweden is number�four on the list�the first neutral,�non-warring country to recognize�the United States the king loved Ben Franklin!); Benedict Arnold's master plan for a�British victory (and had they carried it out, it probably would have worked); slavery through�the eyes of Revolutionary generals (some thought it was OK; others thought it was an abomination�that would be sorted out in about 90 years); China and the American Revolution�(trade was a major element in all diplomacy during this period and following the war, American�ships gained access to China's wares); the death and resurrection of Major Andr� (an absolutely�fascinating look at how an obscure British officer became the lasting martyr of the�British cause in America); a �most extraordinary murder,� about a woman who hired two�British deserters to kill her estranged husband (an intrigue from more than two centuries�ago).�