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George Washington in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 : with maps and photos /

Recounts Washington's life served as commander of an amateur army during the American Revolution.

Основен автор: Flexner, James Thomas, 1908-2003.
Други автори: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Формат: Книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Boston : Little, Brown, 1968.
Издание: [1st ed.].
Серия: [His George Washington, v. 2]
Предмети:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Military leadership.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Съдържание:
  • I. The anvil of necessity. Dark dawn of adventure
  • A desperate search for advisers
  • Traveler's dust
  • A Virginian among New Englanders
  • The war of positions
  • The spreading blaze
  • Foreign War or social revolution
  • Providence rides a storm
  • The taste of victory
  • II. Fires of despair. Awaiting the blow
  • The carrot and the big stick
  • The enemy strikes
  • If only the troops will stand by me
  • Blood on the bushes
  • A heavy heart
  • British might displayed
  • The blackest defeat
  • The mutiny of General Lee
  • III. The rising Phoenix. An icy river
  • Where no sensible General would go
  • A hopeful pessimist
  • Recapture of a state
  • IV. A very disagreeable dance. The enemy vanishes
  • A failure of intelligence
  • The prize: Philadelphia
  • To bring the men to this
  • V. Plots against Washington. George Washington eclipsed
  • Make Washington resign
  • The batteries of intrigue
  • What was the Conway Cabal?
  • VI. Toward a more effective army. The other Valley Forge
  • General Lee rides again
  • The Battle of Monmouth
  • Monmouth's aftermath
  • The wheel turns full circle
  • VII. The French alliance. New cards in an old game
  • The measure of iniquity
  • The fleet that never came
  • Rattlesnake Road
  • Enter a Gallic army
  • Tribulations of an old friend
  • Treason most foul
  • More education for George Washington
  • The end of our tether
  • Never go home again
  • VIII. Another man's gamble. Forcing Washington's hand
  • Down fortune's mazes
  • War reduced to calculation
  • The world turned upside down
  • IX. The nation's most dangerous hour. But the war goes on
  • Vacation without rest
  • The brink of the abyss
  • The road to dictatorship
  • The devil's web
  • X. The curtain of separation. A clouded parting
  • The emptying stage
  • An end and a beginning
  • XI. Conclusion. Cincinnatus assayed.

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