George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American PresidencySourcebooks, Inc., 2005年2月1日 - 576 頁 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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... charge of the other army, had been unluckily captured by the British on Friday the 13 when he foolishly stopped at a tavern in Basking Ridge. His sec- ond in command, General John Sullivan, was, like Gates, still on the march. But he ...
... charged the army for the food and blankets they brought . The soldiers in camp were getting sicker by the day from jaundice , dysentery , and other ailments . Primitive medical treatments of the era did little to help them . Just before ...
... charge of not just the army, but, in effect, the entire country. It had also left him to fend for himself. On December 20, as the snow continued to fall, the commander-in- chief feared that he would lose the army, and the country, as ...
... Stirling, arrived in camp along with men from the army of Horatio Gates. Wash- ington's forces now totaled 2,400 men, with another three thousand camped farther south. On December 14, Howe, in charge of Christmas, 1776 9.
... charge of the main British army, had left Rall and his Hessians in Trenton to keep an eye on Washington and returned to New York to wait until spring, declaring the winter campaign over. Critics later said that he didn't chase the Ameri ...
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The Squire of Mount Vernon | 37 |
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 |