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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... ordered soldiers, former fishermen, from Marblehead, Massachu- setts, under the command of Colonel John Glover to quietly organize the boats into a flotilla and to wait for the beginning of a massive evening evacuation by the entire ...
... ordered the leaders of any militia company in Pennsyl- vania he could find to march to Philadelphia. He told his officers to demand that local farmers sell the army the grain it needed to make bread to prevent the men from starving ...
... ordered the attack. His men moved to a position north of the town, on a slope over- looking the two streets. Knox set his cannons up in the snow and began the bombardment. His artillerists, amateurs but capable, hit the Hessians as they ...
... ordered those soldiers to attack with bayonets and drawn swords. The Hessians, still sleepy and reeling from the surprise, rushed into the fields outside of town but found themselves cut off by some of Sulli- van's men on the south and ...
... ordered to help the Americans chip it off. The Hessians were kept prisoners at McKonkey's Ferry that night and later sent to Philadelphia, where they were marched through the streets as prisoners of war, a sorry end for the men who were ...
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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 |