George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American PresidencySourcebooks, Inc., 2005 M02 1 - 576 pages How a young general shaped a nation — a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first president The American Revolution was won not on the battlefields, but through the mind of George Washington. One of America's founding fathers, Washington's story is one that influenced how our entire nation was built. A compulsively readable narrative and extensive history, George Washington's War illuminates how during the war's winter months the young general created a new model of leadership that became the model for the American presidency. Through hardships, loss, and the brutal conditions of war, Washington led his men with cunning and grace, demonstrating the strong and endearing qualities that led him to become America's most beloved patriot. |
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... French francs and dispatched them to Washington. On the very last day of 1776, a courier arrived with new orders from Congress, now settled in Baltimore. Recognizing the frag- ile state of the fledgling country, and proud of the army ...
... French into entering the war on the side of the Americans. And the delegates could also begin to pack for the trip back to Philadelphia, which was once again safe to enter. Militarily, George Washington, who had spent the early months ...
... French government had been reluctant to actually declare war on England , its leaders opting instead to give American negotiators who had been in Paris for some months little more than verbal promises that they might formally take sides ...
... - ted war again and again. It had taken him years to stir up the old mili- tary passions that had faded away at the end of the French and Indian War, where he had served as a very young man. Chapter Two: The Squire of Mount Vernon.
... French at Lake Erie warning them to stop building forts and to withdraw from the area. Washington and a guide, Christopher Gist, left Williamsburg in Novem- ber and reached a French fort near Lake Erie in mid-December. The commandant ...
Contents
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The Army Will Die | 71 |
The Patriot King | 101 |
Rebuilding the Army | 137 |
The Armys War Machine | 171 |
Valley Forge | 193 |
The Angel of Death | 231 |
A Hero Turned Traitor | 367 |
The Great Slavery Debate | 403 |
Coup dEtat | 433 |
Cincinnatus | 447 |
I Do Solemnly Swear | 463 |
Acknowledgments | 501 |
Bibliography | 503 |
Notes | 513 |
The Fall From Grace | 253 |
A New American Army | 279 |
Starving to Death | 305 |
A War of Attrition and Ungrateful Hearts | 335 |
Index | 563 |
About the Author | 570 |
Back Cover | 587 |
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