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Dear Reader:
Various and sundry items that may be of interest:
> Here’s a link to an interesting article brought to my (and others’) attention by historian John Maass at the National Museum of the U.S. Army. It’s more about battlefields of our second civil war than our first (AKA the Revolution) but has relevance for both.
“Why Do Americans Preserve Their Battlefields?” — https://share.google/
> For anyone who’d like to register for either of my next two Zoom talks about Winning the Ten Crucial Days, the links are provided below:
> The first two blurbs for my next book, General Washington and the Calculus of Victory, are in hand, per below:
“How good a commander was George Washington? The question has engaged generations of historians, often leading to heated literary fireworks. David Price is the latest to tackle the question, and he’s not afraid to go out on a limb as he zeroes in on the key reasons behind the commander-in-chief’s critical decisions in battle, in utilizing talented subordinates, in inoculating his army against smallpox, and in capitalizing on British mistakes. His choices may discomfit some readers, but Price makes his case boldly and with a narrative flair. General Washington and the Calculus of Victory is a must read for anyone interested in how America secured its independence on the battlefield.”
— Mark Edward Lender, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History, Kean University, and coauthor with James Kirby Martin of War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution
“In General Washington and the Calculus of Victory, David Price gives us an insightful rebuttal to the notion that Washington was not a general of great note. He reminds us that greatness is not limited to just battlefield performance—which Washington at times well exemplified—but also to the sundry considerations that must concern an army’s commander in chief. Even in retreat, Washington was successful at the highest order. The great Prussian general von Moltke the Elder—when likened in praise to Napoleon, Frederick the Great, and Turenne—replied, ‘No, for I have never conducted a retreat.’”
— Richard J. Kane, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.), and Chairman, Swan Historical Foundation, Inc., whose mission is to encourage knowledge and appreciation of the American Revolution for the benefit of present and future generations
> I’ve confirmed with the publisher, Brookline Books (an imprint of Casemate Publishers), that the release date for the next book its August 1 in the UK and October 1 in the US.
Enjoy your summer’s end.
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