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      CONTENTS

Foreword

Table of Maps

Principal Events of Washington’s Life

Note on this Edition

      THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

Part One: Commander in Chief of the Revolution

1. “The Favorite Soldier of Virginia”: Early Years; the French and Indian War (1732 to 1759)

2. “The Soldier of America”; Victory at Boston (September 1774 to April 1776)

3. War in Canada and the North (June 1775 to November 1776)

4. War in the South; the Declaration of Independence (November 1775 to July 1776)

5. Defeat and the Restoration of “Native Courage”: Command in New York (June to September 1776)

6. “Unyielding Firmness”: Retreat and Attack in New York and New Jersey (October 1776 to January 1777)

7. The Army and Independence Maintained (January to July 1777)

8. Battle and a Wise Determination to Avoid Battle: The Struggle for Philadelphia (July to September 1777)

9. A Stubborn Contest in the Middle Colonies (September to December 1777)

       10. Defeat, then Victory, in the North: Ticonderoga, Bennington, Saratoga (November 1775 to November 1777)

       11. “The Character of Washington”: Preserving Army and Command at Valley Forge (December 1777 to May 1778)

       12. “On His Own Responsibility”: A New Army at Monmouth (March to June 1778)

       13. “Temperate Measures”: Disappointment with the French, Stalemate with the British (July to December 1778)

       14. Diplomacy; Frontier Attacks; Congress’s Grand Plan (June 1778 to February 1779)

       15. The British Shift the Front: War in Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia (November 1778 to June 1779)

       16. Near-Mutinies and Calming Influence; Skirmishes; the Allies Fail at Savannah (May to December 1779)

       17. Disasters and Misjudgments in South Carolina (January to August 1780)

       18. Governing Without Teeth: Mutiny; Failures of Supply; a French Force Stalls (January to September 1780)

       19. Arnold’s Treason; Faction and Army Policy in Congress (August to December 1780)

       20. “Abilities, Fortitude, and Integrity”: Greene and His Lieutenants in the South (August 1780 to April 1781)

       21. Mutiny Parried and Quelled; the “Miserably Defective” Structure of Congress; Lafayette Checks Cornwallis (November 1780 to July 1781)

       22. “The Total Incompetency of the Political System”; Victory at Yorktown (May to December 1781)

       23. The Deep South Regained; the Prudence of Greene (April 1781 to January 1782)

       24. Peace; Pacifying the Army; the “Virtuous Moderation” to Bid Farewell (December 1781 to December 1783)

       Part Two: Father and President of the New Republic

       25. Private Statesmanship: Agriculture, Improvements, Union (1783 to 1785)

       26. Political Imbecility; Constituting a Government (1784 to 1789)

       27. Conciliating the Public: Election, Inauguration, and First Appointments (1789)

       28. Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs—and the First “Systematic Opposition” (1790 to 1791)

       29. Democratic Rebellion; Indian War; the French Model (March 1791 to March 1793)

       30. Reelection; Furor over Neutrality; the Extraordinary Citizen Genêt (November 1792 to December 1793)

       31. “The Path of Duty”: Averting War, Maintaining Independence (December 1793 to June 1794)

       32. Executive Vigor Confronts War, Rebellion, and Treaty-making (January 1794 to June 1796)

       Part Three: The First of Americans

       33. Last Farewell; Final Duty; Legacy and Character (1796 to 1799)

       Appendix A: Note on Further Reading and Editorial Sources

       Appendix B: Important Writings of Washington

       Index

       Notes