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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... York than the entire popula- tion of Philadelphia, America's largest city. Washington, who left Boston for New York earlier that year, spent the summer organizing his own defenses across Long Island, in forts along the Hudson River as ...
... York campaign, one of the worst defeats in American military history. The British chased what was left of the Continental Army across the state. Fear of the British, with their long columns of professional soldiers and hundreds of ...
... York. Now, as the snow fell, Washington could count only eighteen pieces of artillery. Many had wondered if the general would even make it across New Jersey. “I feel for Washington, that best of men,” wrote worried Congressional ...
... York to wait until spring, declaring the winter campaign over. Critics later said that he didn't chase the Ameri- cans, or move toward Philadelphia, because he wanted to return to a lover in New York, Mrs. Elizabeth Loring, the wife of ...
... York, but they could win bat- tles if they fought unconventionally, with daybreak assaults, sneak attacks, and trickery. Trenton and Princeton had not only proven that these tactics could be used successfully by the Americans, but that ...
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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