TY - BOOK AU - Lockhart,Paul Douglas TI - The drillmaster of Valley Forge: the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army SN - 9780061451645 (pbk.) PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Harper KW - Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, KW - United States KW - Continental Army KW - Drill and tactics KW - Biography KW - fast KW - American Revolution (1775-1783) KW - Military art and science KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Generals KW - Prussians KW - Armed Forces KW - Military leadership KW - Valley Forge (Pa.) KW - History, Military KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Campaigns KW - Participation, Prussian KW - Pennsylvania KW - Valley Forge KW - Military history N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-319) and index; The finest school of warfare in the world -- Courtier and supplicant -- This illustrious stranger -- A man profound in the science of war -- On the parade-ground at Valley Forge -- Jealousies and hindrances -- Trial by combat -- The blue book -- The true meaning of discipline -- Tormenting the governor -- From Virginia to Fraunces Tavern -- An old soldier in peacetime N2 - A biography of the Revolutionary War general, Baron von Steuben--Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben--that focuses on his military career, and describes his efforts to create West Point and his contributions to the "Blue Book," which detailed army regulations ER -