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George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis

Richard Borkow

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Description:The book recounts the dramatic events that took place in Westchester County, N.Y., in the summer of 1781 when Generals Washington and Rochambeau designed the strategy that won American independence. The events surrounding their strategic decision took many surprising twists and turns and were of great consequence to the fate of our nation, yet are still too little known. The allied generals decided to risk a march of more than 400 miles, from the Hudson River to the Chesapeake region of Virginia. There, with the help of the French fleet, Washington and Rochambeau hoped to trap Lord Cornwallis's British and Hessian forces at Yorktown. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required the utmost secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies.Q: Why is the word ‘gamble’ in the title?A: Explained in video interview with Pulitzer Prize winning historian, David Hackett Fischer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxX0Kz... (see Dr Fischer’s comments at 2:50-3:00).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis. To get started finding George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The book recounts the dramatic events that took place in Westchester County, N.Y., in the summer of 1781 when Generals Washington and Rochambeau designed the strategy that won American independence. The events surrounding their strategic decision took many surprising twists and turns and were of great consequence to the fate of our nation, yet are still too little known. The allied generals decided to risk a march of more than 400 miles, from the Hudson River to the Chesapeake region of Virginia. There, with the help of the French fleet, Washington and Rochambeau hoped to trap Lord Cornwallis's British and Hessian forces at Yorktown. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required the utmost secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies.Q: Why is the word ‘gamble’ in the title?A: Explained in video interview with Pulitzer Prize winning historian, David Hackett Fischer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxX0Kz... (see Dr Fischer’s comments at 2:50-3:00).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis. To get started finding George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis

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