Table of Contents
List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction xvi
1. The Youth of George Washington 1 Jessica E. Brunelle
2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: George Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749–1754 15 Jason E. Farr
3. Treating American Indians as ‘Slaves’, ‘Dogs’, and Unwanted Allies: George Washington, Edward Braddock, and the Influence of Ethnocentrism and Diplomatic Pragmatism in Ohio Valley Military Relations, 1753–1755 32 John K. Rowland
4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755–January 1759 53 Peter C. Luebke
5. Entrepreneur 70 Dennis J. Pogue
6. George Washington and His Family 86 Patricia Brady
7. Washington and Slavery 104 L. Scott Philyaw
8. “What Manner of Man I Am”: The Political Career of George Washington before the Revolution 121 Taylor Stoermer
9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston 137 Robert J. Allison
10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776 153 Barnet Schecter
11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of 1776–1777 173 Stuart Leibiger
12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777 190 Thomas J. McGuire
13. Washington at Valley Forge 209 Mary Stockwell
14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign 226 Mark Edward Lender
15. “The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom & Judgement”: Washington as Commander in Chief in the First Years of the French Alliance 245 Benjamin L. Huggins
16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 266 Robert A. Selig
17. “High Time For Peace”: George Washington and the Close of the American Revolution 288 William M. Fowler, Jr.
18. George Washington’s Navy 302 John B. Hattendorf
19. Washington’s Irregulars 320 John W. Hall
20. George Washington Spymaster 344 John A. Nagy
21. Administrator in Chief 358 Cheryl R. Collins
22. George Washington: America’s First Soldier 378 Thomas A. Rider II
23. Revolution and Peace 399 James M. Mac Donald
24. George Washington and the Constitution 413 Whit Ridgway
25. George Washington and Republican Government: The Political Thought of George Washington 430 Nicholas P. Cole
26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447 Carol S. Ebel
27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and the Challenge of Independence 471 Dana John Stefanelli
28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in the New Nation 490 Rosemarie Zagarri
29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era 506 Jeffrey J. Malanson
30. George Washington in Retirement 524 Alexia Jones Helsley
31. George Washington's Mind 542 William M. Ferraro
32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman 558 Mary V. Thompson
33. George Washington, Death and Mourning 576 Meredith Eliassen
34. The Washington Image in American Culture 592 Scott E. Casper
Bibliography 612
Index 640