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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... aide, Ambrose Serle, reported that the generals considered Washington “a little paltry colonel of a militia of bandits.” By then, the American revolutionary forces led by the general, more than nineteen thousand a few weeks before, had ...
... aides told Washington that nearly 1,200 of the 2,400 men in his camp were too ill to fight . The heads of the Pennsylvania militias who had promised Washington that their men would already be in Philadelphia to defend the city against ...
... aides , Lieu- tenant Andreas Wiederholt , commented that , “ He was a very sociable man who knew how to give a party and make it a nice one . " Some of his soldiers grumbled that Rall was prouder of the military band he liked to lead on ...
... aides, in what was to become familiar British reasoning for wasting opportunities. “We've got the old fox safe now,” Cornwallis told another general, “We'll go over and bag him in the morning.” The American soldiers knew that their ...
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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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