Fatal Sunday
Subtitle: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the politics of battle
By: Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Ston
Contributors: Stone, Garry Wheeler, author
Series: Campaigns and commanders -- volume 54
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780806153353
Subjects: Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778; Military leadership
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The audit of war: the military situation, 1777-1778; title: A general under fire: George Washington and his critics; title: Antagonists: the British and American armies; title: Toward a new campaign; title: The matter of Major General Charles Lee; title: The roads to Monmouth I: Henry Clinton's march; title: The roads to Monmouth II: the continental advance; title: General Lee's orders: expectations and misunderstandings; title: Battlefield and village; title: Morning at Monmouth I: the opening round; title: Morning at Monmouth II: General Lee's battle; title: Commanders in conflict: the Washington and Lee affair; title: Buying time: the point of woods and the hedgerow; title: The great cannonade; title: Death in the afternoon: the battle of detachments; title: Aftermath of battle: the living and the dead; title: The British and the French: departures and arrivals; title: Constructing victory, settling scores; title: A campaign in retrospect: assessments and legacies.