George Washington's War

The Saga of the American Revolution

By: Robert Leckie

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Hardcover | 16 July 2025

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Starting with the background and causes of the break between American colonies and the British Government, this book traces the course of events from the Boston Tea Party and the confrontation at Lexington and Concord, through the long series of battles to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. Robert Leckie is the author of "Delivered from Evil", "None Died in Vain" and "The Wars of America".

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List of Maps	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The Fall of Quebec	p. 1
The Americans	p. 10
Mercantilism/Birth Cry of American Freedom	p. 22
King George III	p. 26
The Stamp Act and Samuel Adams	p. 41
George's First Seizure/Stamp Act Repealed	p. 51
The Boston Massacre	p. 56
John Adams	p. 62
Trial of the Redcoats	p. 71
The Boston Tea Party	p. 76
Thomas Gage	p. 83
Gage Takes Over	p. 87
Dr. Joseph Warren and Paul Revere	p. 94
Lexington and Concord	p. 103
Ethan Allen and Fort Ticonderoga	p. 116
Congress Chooses a War Chief	p. 122
George Washington	p. 126
The Battle of Bunker Hill	p. 144
British Shock and Chagrin	p. 164
George III's War Machine	p. 168
Washington's Yankee Doodles	p. 177
Lord George Germain	p. 189
The Lure of Canada	p. 198
Benedict Arnold and Quebec	p. 203
Toward an American Navy	p. 216
Charles Lee and Charleston	p. 220
Henry Knox and the Guns of Ti	p. 232
Howe Evacuates Boston	p. 239
Tom Paine and Common Sense	p. 243
The Declaration of Independence	p. 251
The Battle of Long Island	p. 258
"Peace" Talks/Alexander Hamilton/Kip's Bay	p. 268
The Rabble Aroused/New York Burns/Nathan Hale	p. 279
The Battle of White Plains	p. 283
Disaster at Fort Washington	p. 289
"Admiral" Arnold Saves the Cause	p. 297
The Cause Collapsing/The Perfidy of Charles Lee	p. 307
Trenton: Washington Rallies the Revolution	p. 315
Princeton: Cornwallis's "Bag" Comes Up Empty	p. 322
The Tories Sour on "Saviors"/Washington Acclaimed	p. 331
The Marquis de Lafayette	p. 336
The Battle of Brandywine Creek	p. 344
The Battle of Germantown	p. 357
John Burgoyne	p. 366
Saratoga I: Ticonderoga Falls	p. 375
Saratoga II: Fort Stanwix, Oriskany, Bennington	p. 389
Saratoga III: Freeman's Farm, Bemis Heights-Finis	p. 399
After Saratoga/The French Alliance	p. 417
The Fall of the Delaware River Forts	p. 427
Valley Forge/Von Steuben	p. 433
The Conway Cabal	p. 445
The British Lion Purrs	p. 452
The British in Philadelphia/Howe Goes Home	p. 458
The Battle of Monmouth Courthouse	p. 467
The French Arrive/Newport Fizzle/Savannah Lost	p. 490
The Border War/John Paul Jones	p. 494
Stony Point/Savannah Repulse/Inflation	p. 502
The Fall of Charleston	p. 507
Lord Charles Cornwallis	p. 523
The Battle of Camden	p. 528
London Riots Prolong the War	p. 539
Treason I: Arnold's Disaffection	p. 543
Treason II: Arnold's Betrayal	p. 556
Treason III: Andre's End	p. 576
The Battle of King's Mountain	p. 582
Mutiny/Greene and Morgan/Cowpens	p. 591
The Battle of Guilford Court House	p. 604
Greene Reconquers the South	p. 619
Yorktown I: France Delivers	p. 632
Yorktown II: The End	p. 649
Epilogue: A New Order of the Ages	p. 659
Selected Bibliography	p. 661
Index	p. 665
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