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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... forces at Staten Island with General Howe, who had brought nine thou- sand of his own men down from Nova Scotia. By the middle of August, Howe's brother, Admiral Richard Howe, had joined him. Together, they had assembled thirty-two ...
... forces were again routed at Harlem Heights, at White Plains, and finally at Fort Washington, where some soldiers ... forces led by the general, more than nineteen thousand a few weeks before, had dwindled to just five thousand men. The ...
... force.” Businessman Robert Morris, sitting alone in Philadelphia as the last Con- gressional delegate in the city, watching the evacuation out of his win- dow, sadly lamented that events “leave no room for joy in the mind of a true ...
... force near New Brunswick, to pack his bags and go home to England. Washington, completely at home in all kinds of weather, began to think about ways in which winter might possibly help him. Perhaps there was a way in which he could ...
... force under General John Cadwalader, numbering about two thousand men, would attack far- ther south to capture any fleeing soldiers. Washington's three forces prob- ably could not defeat the superbly trained and well-equipped Hessians ...
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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 |