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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... 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 dwindled to just five ...
... reported stirrings in Washington's camp during the days before Christmas and said that Americans had been spotted in row- boats during the daytime. Rall, certain the Americans forces were depleted, did not worry. Residents said that the ...
... reported Lt. James Wilkinson. And the highway was easy to walk on. “The road which the day before had been mud, snow and water...had become hard as pavement,” said Captain Stephen Olney of New York. The British, watching his fires burn ...
... reported to Washington that it was difficult for his son to pay much attention to his lessons because he was paying too much attention to girls . At nineteen , Jack stunned his parents by announcing his engagement to Nellie Calvert from ...
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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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