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Title	:	Washington's Crossing
Author	:	David Hackett Fischer
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 564 pages
Published	:	February 12th 2004 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published December 1st 2003)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History. Military History. American Revolution. Military. American Revolutionary War. War

Washington's Crossing

David Hackett Fischer

Hardcover | Pages: 564 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 13348 Users | 409 Reviews

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Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.

Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined.

Fischer's richly textured narrative reveals the crucial role of contingency in these events. We see how the campaign unfolded in a sequence of difficult choices by many actors, from generals to civilians, on both sides. While British and German forces remained rigid and hierarchical, Americans evolved an open and flexible system that was fundamental to their success. The startling success of Washington and his compatriots not only saved the faltering American Revolution, but helped to give it new meaning.

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Original Title:	Washington's Crossing
ISBN:	0195170342 (ISBN13: 0000195170342)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for History (2005), Ambassador Book Award for American Studies (2005), Massachusetts Book Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2005), National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2004)

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Ratings: 4.12 From 13348 Users | 409 Reviews

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Well-told and fascinating. Once again I was struck by how miraculous the outcome of the American Revolution was in many ways, and what a man for the mission George Washington was. Fischer brings a story we all think we know (but obviously don't!) to life, and painted a very clear picture of all the people who fought in the Revolution--British, Hessians, and colonists--and how personalities and cultural norms affected the outcome of the battles and ultimately the war. I had to return the book

One of lifes simple pleasures is to be blown away (amazed, enthralled, thrilled) unexpectedly by a book. It doesnt happen often, but David Hackett Fischers Washingtons Crossing did that for me in spades. Ive been mildly interested in this book for some time, but having read David McCulloughs 1776 a few years ago, I wasnt sure I needed to cover the same ground again. Even a few chapters into Washingtons Crossing, I was wondering whether I needed to go on, as Fischer was giving me lots of facts

Less than two weeks ago I read David McCullough's 1776, a history of the first year of the Continental Army under George Washington, its mixed success in Boston and disaster in New York City and culminating--after a night crossing of the Delaware River--in their victory in the Battle of Trenton. It was an engaging, well-told story of such suffering and such blunders I left that book amazed the American Revolution, the army and cause survived to triumph. This book covers much of the same

A fantastic review of a year in the Revolutionary War and some of the best writing on the military aspects of the battles, campaigns and strategies for both sides in the year 1776 and the war in general.Like most history lovers, I think I have neglected the actual nuts and bolts of this war. So much has been written (and rightfully so) about the towering personalities and characters of the Founding Fathers, but often times the obstacles facing the milita and soldiers in the trenches battling

"We have seen how it happened: not in a single event, or even a chain of events, but in a great web of contingency." "The American army of 1776 came mostly from middling families who cherished the revolutionary principles of liberty and freedom but understood them in various ways: the collective rights of old New England, the reciprocal rights of Philadelphia Associators, the individual rights of backcountry riflemen, and the hegemonic rights of the Fairfax men." Contingency and cultural

A different kind of Army fighting a different kind of war. Fischer's history is outstanding but inaccurately named. This work is more about the New York and New Jersey campaign from Summer 1776 to March 1777 than it is about Washington's crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night prior to the battle of Trenton. That's perfectly fine as Fischer does a wonderful job placing the crossing in proper historical context and helping illustrate its significance in damaging the British army's psyche and

Some books you read and you say... That was a good and enjoyable. Now "Washington's Crossing" is very different, it changed my way of thinking about who we are, where we came from and about our hopes and dreams. This is a powerful book about some of our darkest days and we've had a few since. This is more than a history book it can be a teaching book also... If you want it to be! Enjoy...