The Genius of George Washington
More than any other single man, George Washington was responsible for bringing success to the American Revolution. But because of the heroic image in which we have cast him and which already enveloped him in this own lifetime, Washington is and was a hard man to know.In this book Edmund S. Morgan pushes past the image to find the man. He argues that Washington's genius lay in his understanding of both military and political power. This understanding of power was unmatched by that of any of his contemporaries and showed itself at the simplest level in the ability to take command. Drawing on Washington's letters to his colleagues (many of which…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-34750-0
- EAN: 9780393347500
- Produktnummer: 34247124
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1982
- Seitenangabe: 104 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 687 KB
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Edmund S. Morgan (1916-2013) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, and the American Academy's Gold Medal. The author of The Genuine Article; American Slavery, American Freedom; Benjamin Franklin; and American Heroes, among many others.
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