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Washington's crossing

作者: David Hackett Fischer
出版商: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
叢書: Pivotal moments in American history.
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"Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. Yet George Washington, and many other Americans, refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and  再讀一些...
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提及的人: George Washington
文件類型: 圖書
所有的作者/貢獻者: David Hackett Fischer
ISBN: 0195170342 9780195170344
OCLC系統控制編碼: 53075605
獎賞: Pulitzer Prize, History, 2005.
描述: x, 564 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
内容: Three armies in America --
A cataract of disaster --
The pivot point --
The crossing --
Risking it all --
The boldest stroke.
叢書名: Pivotal moments in American history.
責任: David Hackett Fischer.

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In a dramatic and colorful narrative of a pivotal moment in American history, we see how the campaign developed in a web of hard choices by many actors on both sides of the Delaware. 91 halftones,15  再讀一些...

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<br>"A meticulous and brilliantly colored account of the period surrounding George Washington's famous sally across the Delaware river in 1776."--Wall Street Journal<p> 再讀一些...

 
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Well-written, pro-American historical account

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This text of this book is about the crossing of the Delaware and the two battles of Trenton and the battle of Princeton. The subtext, however, is that George Washington was an exemplar of current management fashions. His army was a Learning Organization, where the commander-in-chief listened to his subordinates...
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