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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
George Athan Billias |
| ISBN: | 030680560X 9780306805608 |
| OCLC Number: | 28966649 |
| Notes: | First part originally published: George Washington's generals. New York : Morrow, 1964; 2nd part originally published: George Washington's opponents. New York : Morrow, 1969. |
| Description: | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 22 c. |
| Contents: | George Washington : George Washington's generalship / Marcus Cunliffe -- Charles Lee : the soldier as radical / John W. Shy -- Philip Schuyler : the general as aristocrat / John H. G. Pell -- Horatio Gates : professional soldier / George A. Billias -- Nathanael Greene : revolutionary war strategist / Theodore Thayer -- John Sullivan : Luckless Irishman / Charles P. Whittemore -- Benedict Arnold : traitorous patriot / Willard M. Wallace -- Benjamin Lincoln : old reliable / Clifford K. Shipton -- Marquis De Lafayette : eager warrior / Howard H. Peckham -- Henry Knox : American artillerist / North Callahan -- Anthony Wayne : military romanticist / Hugh F. Rankin -- Daniel Morgan : guerrilla fighter / Don Higginbotham -- Thomas Gage : weak link of empire / John Shy -- Sir William Howe : conventional strategist / Maldwyn A. Jones -- Sir Henry Clinton : paralysis of command / William B. Willcox -- Sir Guy Carleton : soldier-statesman / Paul H. Smith -- John Burgoyne : ambitious general / George Athan Billias -- Charles Lord Cornwallis : study in frustration / Hugh F. Rankin -- Richard Lord Howe : admiral as peacemaker / Ira D. Gruber -- Arbuthnot, Gambier, and Graves : "old women" of the navy / William B. Willcox -- Sir Samuel Hood : superior subordinate / Daniel A. Baugh -- Sir George Rodney : lucky admiral / Christopher Lloyd. |
| Other Titles: | George Washington's generals. George Washington's opponents. |
| Responsibility: | edited by George Athan Billias. |
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- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
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