The ides of war : George Washington and the Newburgh crisis / Stephen Howard Browne.
Material type:
TextSeries: Studies in rhetoric/communicationPublisher: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 138 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611176605
- 1611176603
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
- United States. Continental Army -- History
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- United States. Continental Army
- Newburgh (N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
- Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Mutiny -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General
- HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Civil-military relations
- Command of troops
- Mutiny
- New York (State) -- Newburgh
- United States
- 1700-1799
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- E255 .B83 2016
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: peace and its discontents -- Washington's character and the craft of military leadership -- Origins and development of the Newburgh crisis -- "By the dignity of your conduct": the Newburgh Address and the language of character -- Conclusion.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 06, 2016).
An examination of the powerful role human agency and rhetoric played in the founding of the nation.
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