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Prelude to Yorktown: Washington and Rochambeau in New York
The months leading up to the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781 are often glossed over in histories of the Revolutionary War. But they…
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Review: First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington
First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington by Peter R. Henriques (University of Virginia Press, 2020). With so many books already written…
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George Washington Dealmaker-in-Chief
George Washington Dealmaker-In-Chief: The Story of How the Father of Our Country Unleashed the Entrepreneurial Spirit in America by Cyrus A. Ansary (Lambert Publications,…
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Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father
Book review: Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father by Peter Stark (HarperCollins, 2018). BUY THIS BOOK FROM AMAZON Peter Stark’s…
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General George Washington: Diplomat
An important facet of Washington’s generalship has gone largely unexplored by historians: his role as a diplomat. For a top-level military leader in a…
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George Washington Tells a Lie
In June 1780, Gen. George Washington told a lie. In fact, he planned a major deception. But as it was intended to deceive the…
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For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789
Book Review: For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 by Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon (Cornell University Press, 2014)…
The Partisan and the Queen’s Ranger
On November 6, 1779, Virginia major Henry Lee, commander of the Continental Army’s 2nd Partisan Corps, addressed a letter to British lieutenant colonel John…
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Washington’s Belated Admission
“This is a most unfortunate affair and has given me great Mortification as we have lost not only two thousand Men that were there,…
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Raid Across the Ice: the British Operation to Capture Washington
In early February 1780, General George Washington’s main army was encamped at Jockey Hollow, New Jersey. But the general maintained his headquarters about three…