- Empire or independence, 1760-1776: A British-American dialogue on the coming of the American Revolution
- Wars and Revolutions: Britain, 1760-1815 (New History of England)
- Stress and Stability In Eighteenth Century Britain: Reflections on the British Avoidance of Revolution: The Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford 1983-1984
- Myth and Reality In Late Eighteenth Century British Politics
- Crisis of Empire: Great Britain and the American Colonies, 1754-1783