The Loyalists were the clients of the English Aristocracy. They swore alligence to the King.
Conservatives swear alligence to no king. They are FREEMEN and will die for freedom.
It's no accident that this forum is called FREE REPUBLIC.
Read 'Born Fighting' for a primer on freedom and the founding of America.
Loosen up.
Obviously I'm not talking about Loyalists in today's world. I'm talking in the context of the 1770s. And I can tell you that the "conservatives" of that era, while they might have been loyal to a king, have more in common with today's conservatives than do the rabble of that day. Now, again, you are certain to take me wrong, and conclude that I am talking about the people that signed the Declaration if Independence. I'm not. I'm talking about the yahoos that took innocent men and women out of their homes in the middle of the night, terrorizing them, actually, and doing them bodily harm.
People were killed, maimed, tarred and feathered, had property taken with not a thought to due process, and the people doing this were not conservatives. Don't kid yourself. They were the MOB; they were socially, mentally, and politically akin to today's Democrats. They have nothing in common with the folks I have been proud to be associated with on Free Republic for the past eight years.
And thanks, but I have read many books on the days of the Revolution, although I must say I haven't read this particular one. I may read it, at your suggestion, but it won't convince me to judge eighteenth century people by 21st century standards.