Dear Reader:

Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.

If it seems like I’ve been singularly inattentive to this blog of late (and I have), my excuse is that I’ve embarked on another literary rodeo (to mix metaphors), working on a manuscript that’s an extension of my most recent article in the Journal of the American Revolution—Washington’s Ten Best Military Decisions—and an alternative version of that piece which will appear shortly in the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of the Journal of America’s Military Past, entitled “Was General Washington Only Brilliant at Trenton and Princeton?” In addition to exploring Washington’s most critical decisions and the actions taken to implement them, the new book project will examine other factors that impinged on the outcome of the Revolutionary struggle—particularly how they figured into the odds of Great Britain winning the war, and if so of winning the peace. (No, I don’t have a publisher lined up yet but am hoping to hear about that very soon.)

Wishing you a great holiday season and a healthy and happy new year.

Best regards,

dp

P.S. I’ll be doing a book signing (for my latest book, Winning the Ten Crucial Days, and others) at Washington Crossing Historic Park on Christmas Day from 12 to 3 pm during the annual Delaware River crossing reenactment—well, actually the biannual reenactment since the first will be on the 14th. More information about these events is available here.