George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency - Softcover

Chadwick, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140220406X ISBN 13: 9781402204067

Publisher: Source Books, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

The definitive story of how George Washington lead the revolution and created the vision for a new nation - now in paperback. Based on 1,500 primary sources, Chadwick presents a fresh new biography of George Washington (1732-99), first president of the USA. The forging of a revolutionary leader and the American presidency. Chadwick contends that Washington became the great leader he was, not through the military campaigns of the American Revolution - there were nine major battles, and the Americans lost six of them - but through the winter months when he and his army were ensconced in Morristown, and later Valley Forge. Here he simultaneously created a military force, dealt with Congress and the emerging states, held the British at bay, and in effect, created a nation. He served the role of President during the four years of the Revolution before he was in fact elected to that office.

About the Author:

Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D., lectures in American history at Rutgers University while also teaching writing at New Jersey City University. He is a former journalist and the author of four other historical books: Brother against Brother: The Lost Civil War Diaries of Lt. Edmund Halsey, Two American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis 1861-1865, Traveling the Underground Railroad and The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film. He lives in New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Source Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 140220406X
• ISBN 13: 9781402204067
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576