American historian Theodore Corbett’s 2012 book No Turning Point: The Saratoga Campaign in Perspective reinterprets the Saratoga Campaign, traditionally seen as a pivotal moment in the American Revolutionary War. Corbett argues that locally, it was part of a prolonged civil war among regional factions driven by land disputes and ethnic tensions, which persisted into the 1780s. He highlights the complex social and political landscape of the Hudson-Champlain backcountry—marked by competing settler groups, Native American alliances, and economic conflicts—that shaped the campaign. Corbett contends British General Burgoyne underestimated these local divisions, leading to his defeat. Contrary to common belief, Corbett sees Burgoyne’s surrender not as the war’s end in the north but as a phase in ongoing regional strife and invasions that lasted beyond 1777.
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