[mightymem]

I read the book last year,but if i remember rightly heinlein was refering to the American revolution and the right of people to decide its own future. The book was a scifiction story so much of the actions in the book were make beleive and Heinlein ideas. it was not a historical book just a made up book with a vague reference to revolution, so you could refer it to any different colony war if the subject fits.