Winning the Ten Crucial Days: The Keys to Victory in George Washington's Legendary Winter Campaign - Couverture rigide

Price, David

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ISBN 10 : 1955041334 ISBN 13 : 9781955041331

Editeur : Casemate Publishers, 2025

Synopsis

"No one can dispute the critical importance of the ten crucial days of maneuver and combat related to Washington's victories at Trenton and Princeton in late 1776 and early 1777. Historian David Price has now provided us with a compelling analysis of the key factors that resulted in this time of military triumph, which helped save the Revolutionary cause from total defeat. Easy to read and thoughtful in presentation, this book deserves a widespread readership among all students of the American Revolutionary era." -- James Kirby Martin, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Houston and author of Insurrection: the American Revolution and Its Meaning

The "Ten Crucial Days" winter campaign of 1776-77 is one of the most storied in the annals of military history. David Price examines this pivotal moment in the American War of Independence through an interpretive framework that focuses on five key factors: leadership, geography, weather, artillery, and contingency. His narrative differs from earlier works on the subject that are largely a chronological account of this period.

The "Ten Crucial Days" were the canvas on which a masterpiece of bold and enterprising leadership was painted. It may have borne George Washington's signature, but the brushes were furnished by the officers and common soldiers he commanded and the coloration made vibrant by the hues from various contributing factors: the quality of decision-making on both sides of the conflict, the nature of the terrain, the effects of weather, the roar of cannon fire, and the vagaries of fortune. The confluence of these overlapping factors seemingly conspired to frustrate British designs at a critical moment in their effort to overpower the American rebellion. Although each was important in its own right, their aggregate influence on the course of events reflected the mutually reinforcing nature of these elements.

Leadership that met the moment--when combined with the auspicious effects of favorable geography, weather that accommodated the needs of an army, the adept use of numerically superior artillery, and fortuitous developments that fall under the rubric of contingency--won the "Ten Crucial Days" and propelled the Revolutionary cause into a lengthy war of attrition that eventuated in American independence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

This is David Price's third book about the "Ten Crucial Days" of the American Revolution, following The Road to Assunpink Creek and Rescuing the Revolution. In addition, he has authored John Haslet's World and The Battle of Harlem Heights, 1776. The latter is part of the Westholme Small Battle series and was accepted into the permanent collection of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. David is a recipient of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Bronze Good Citizenship Medal in recognition of his work as an author, speaker, and historical interpreter at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania and Princeton Battlefield State Park in New Jersey. He holds degrees in political science from Drew University and Rutgers University, and lives in Lawrence Township, NJ. More information about David and his work can be found at http: //dpauthor.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Casemate Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1955041334
• ISBN 13: 9781955041331
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible