Description: Don Higginbotham investigates the interplay of militiaman and professional soldier, of soldier and legislator, that shaped George Washington's military career and ultimately fostered the victory that brought independence to our nation.
Brief description: DON HIGGINBOTHAM is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman and The War of American Independence, and the coauthor ofThe Atlas of the Revolution. He has edited The Papers of James Irdell and Reconsiderations on the Revolutionary War.
Review Quotes:
Washington as the hot-blooded, impetuous militia officer is quite different from Washington the Virginia burgess. Yet both roles offered opportunities for leadership training that were essential in Washington's preparation for supreme command. . . . There are few books like this; Higginbotham's study represents an amalgamation of prior views of Washington within the framework of a unique American military tradition.
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