Charles Lee : Self Before Country /

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Dominick Mazzagetti presents an engaging account of the life of Charles Lee, the forgotten man of the American Revolution and in whose honor the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge-Fort Lee-was named. Mazzagetti analyzes Lee's battlefield successes, his capture by the British, and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mazzagetti, Dominick A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lee, Charles, > 1731-1782.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Campagnes et batailles.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The fateful choice
  • Lee's "American expedition"
  • Lee's European experience
  • Personality and political philosophy
  • A "love affair" with America
  • Foreign officers in service to America
  • America's soldier
  • Rejoining Washington
  • Captivity, betrayal, exchange
  • Monmouth
  • Court-martial
  • Bitterness, despair and death
  • Epilogue: A man without a country.

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