Fatal Sunday : George Washington, the Monmouth campaign, and the politics of battle
2016
973.3345 L564 2016 MB
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Title
Fatal Sunday : George Washington, the Monmouth campaign, and the politics of battle
Variant Title
George Washington, the Monmouth campaign, and the politics of battle
Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2016.
Description
xxi, 600 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
973.3345 L564 2016 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)923651138
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-575) and indexes.
Contents: The audit of war: the military situation, 1777-1778 -- A general under fire: George Washington and his critics -- Antagonists: the British and American armies -- Toward a new campaign -- The matter of Major General Charles Lee -- The roads to Monmouth I: Henry Clinton's march -- The roads to Monmouth II: the continental advance -- General Lee's orders: expectations and misunderstandings -- Battlefield and village -- Morning at Monmouth I: the opening round -- Morning at Monmouth II: General Lee's battle -- Commanders in conflict: the Washington and Lee affair -- Buying time: the point of woods and the hedgerow -- The great cannonade -- Death in the afternoon: the battle of detachments -- Aftermath of battle: the living and the dead -- The British and the French: departures and arrivals -- Constructing victory, settling scores -- A campaign in retrospect: assessments and legacies.
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Contents: The audit of war: the military situation, 1777-1778 -- A general under fire: George Washington and his critics -- Antagonists: the British and American armies -- Toward a new campaign -- The matter of Major General Charles Lee -- The roads to Monmouth I: Henry Clinton's march -- The roads to Monmouth II: the continental advance -- General Lee's orders: expectations and misunderstandings -- Battlefield and village -- Morning at Monmouth I: the opening round -- Morning at Monmouth II: General Lee's battle -- Commanders in conflict: the Washington and Lee affair -- Buying time: the point of woods and the hedgerow -- The great cannonade -- Death in the afternoon: the battle of detachments -- Aftermath of battle: the living and the dead -- The British and the French: departures and arrivals -- Constructing victory, settling scores -- A campaign in retrospect: assessments and legacies.
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