Washington's secret war : the hidden history of Valley Forge / Thomas Fleming.
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TextPublication details: New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2005.Edition: 1st Smithsonian Books edDescription: xiii, 384 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0060829621
- 9780060829629
- Valley Forge (Pa.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
- United States. Continental Army -- History
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Headquarters -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- E 234 .F58 2005
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| E 233 .M3 2006 VOL2 The Philadelphia Campaign / | E 234 .B63 2002 The Valley Forge winter : civilians and soldiers in war / | E 234 .B975 Winter quarters : George Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge / | E234 .F58 2005 Washington's secret war : the hidden history of Valley Forge / | E 234 .L63 2008 Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment / | E 234 .T7 Birthplace of an army : a study of the Valley Forge encampment / | E 234 .T74 1995 Valley Forge : making and remaking a national symbol / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-375) and index.
General George Washington: loser -- Revels and redcoats -- Ideologues front and center -- Playing the insult card -- Enter the committee in camp -- "Congress does not trust me" -- Discipline from a baron -- From anxiety to exultation -- The follies of spring -- General double trouble -- A moment at Monmouth -- Epilogue: Two visits to Valley Forge.
Discusses Valley Forge within the larger context of the Revolutionary War, linking the winter stay of the Continental Army during 1777 and 1778 to such events as the negotiations with the French and the maneuvering of the Continental Congress.
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