George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American PresidencySourcebooks, Inc., 2005 M02 1 - 576 páginas 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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 92
... Jersey and the greater Philadelphia area. It landed silently, coming down in straight lines, and within hours the countryside was covered with a blanket of white. The snow draped itself over the tops of large wooden barns and small ...
... Jersey. Entire companies of soldiers fled. Finally, on December 7, the Continental Army crossed the Delaware to escape the British, under General William Howe and Lord Charles Earl Cornwallis, who stopped on the New Jersey side of the ...
... Jersey. Incredibly, General Charles Lee, who was in 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 second in command, General John ...
... Jersey, while others had deserted. But now, trapped and with the war possibly about to end with one last British assault, most of them would simply go home to their families. And Washington knew that Congress had no more money to pay ...
... Jersey side never reached Trenton. “Very stormy,” a local woman who lived near the point where Ewing planned to land wrote in her diary. Washington, unaware of their inability to reach New Jersey, was on his own. The commander was ...
Contenido
1 | |
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 |
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the ... Bruce Chadwick Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the ... Bruce Chadwick Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the ... Bruce Chadwick Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |