General George Washington by Edward G. Lengel

Now, armed with many previously untapped sources obtained by the acclaimed Papers of George Washington project Edward Lengel enters the fray with a full-scale biography of Washington the soldier. Ellis, author ofHis Excellency: George Washington 'Historians have long debated George Washington's generalship. Telling the story of how he accomplished this incredible feat, General George Washington gives us new insight into Washington's character, allowing us, at long last, to fully appreciate the achievement of America's first great warrior.Īdvance praise forGeneral George Washington: A Military Life 'Although there is no such thing as definitive history, Lengel's book now tops the list as the most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington's military career ever written.' Joseph J.

It was Washington's discipline, tenacity, conviction, hard work, and ability to symbolically unite the nation that really won the war. Yet in circumstances where almost any other army, under any commander, would have collapsed, Washington not only held his army together but crafted it into an increasingly effective fighting force.

During the American Revolution, Washington's relative inexperience on the battlefield showed as he was repeatedly defeated. Based on the largest collection of Washington's papers ever assembled, much of it never before published, General George Washington provides a groundbreaking account of Washington and military man.

Now, General George Washington takes us from the young Washington's controversial participation in the French and Indian War, through his failures and successes leading the Revolutionary War, to his tempestuous retirement and death in wartime as commander in chief. It has been over one hundred years since the appearance of a military life of George Washington that examines his wartime experiences from the 1750s to the 1790s and evaluates his qualities and defects as a strategist, tactician, administrator, and leader of men.

General George Washington by Edward G. Lengel