Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. '"—Wall Street Journal "Nathaniel Philbrick is … I am glad I read it because it was good, but I felt like some parts dragged while others moved faster.I’m gonna be completely honest. As the fighting took place in the Carolinas and Virginia, the French, with Spanish help, looked to move its naval forces through the Caribbean and up towards the Chesapeake. Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick discusses his exciting new book, In The Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. The French had entered the war on the American side, but were ready to pull the plug at any time. The details included in this book were fascinating. While no further combat occurred between the Americans and the British life in the 13 states was far from peaceful as this was a time of local terrorism between "patriots" and loyalists. Per my memory, I I too am sensitive re cruel/“gross” things. This book was not one of those occasions. Philbrick pays Washington his due, but emphasizes the role of sea power as the deciding factor. Mayflower: Voyage, Community, War But, for some reason as I browsed the new non-fiction books this one really caught my eye (perhaps kudos is in order for the cover artist). Only the newly appointed chief in New York, Sir Guy Carleton, showed a civilized streak, forcing even Washington to accept the freeing of former slaves.Solid narration of the events that led to and culminated in the Battle of Yorktown. The individual personalities of the main players like Washington, Rochambeau, Hamilton, Lafayette, and Cornwallis are examined without bogging down too much into biography, so that the reader gets a real sense of how the events that unfolded were the result of real people making difficult decisions. Centuries before sonar and cell phones, this was no small feat; wars were won and lost by coordinating troops that were hundreds of miles apart. But we do find out a bit about their subsequent careers and their longevity, which is surprisingly long for many, tragically brief for a few.

A good book to discover the details of Yorktown. That makes for interesting reading well after the main body has been consumed. Both were very short incidents. As the book relates, Washington's finest moment may have been in early 1783 in Newburgh, when he spoke to his officers to dissuade them from using their power and influence to put political pressure on the states in order to get the back pay that was owed them.

As always, Philbrick has written a compulsively readable historical account.Without such historians as Nathaniel Philbrick, and they are a mere handful now- where would the recording of history at this juncture be? + No Import Fees Deposit & $12.98 Shipping to Canada

Too bad Philbrick diminished an otherwise good book by trashing the founders over slavery. Further, in his Notes he laboriously lists---in microscopic print---his sources and sometimes their detractors. Here is my take. It shows the interactions and politics involved between the British, French, and American sides and all the infighting and backroom dealings that are seldom discussed when discussing military affairs. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. Yes, we can deplore the fact that they owned slaves, and even that they compromised the ideals of our founding documents in order to get southern states to join the union. How so? But for an unplanned series of fortuitous decisions all the pieces aligned to bring about the sought after victory. Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution (The American Revolution Series) (But historians should know better, than to judge historic figures by today's standards--at least they weren't cool with killing babies as they're being born.)

Once he got into the American Revolution, a book about Benedict Arnold followed ("Valiant Ambition") and now a book about the Yorktown Campaign. This book was not one of those occasions. About In the Hurricane’s Eye.

For the last three years of the war, Washington did little besides sitting along the Hudson and dreaming of retaking New York. How so? It discusses the various interactions between Washington and his French counterparts, as well as the actions of other American and British Generals, as the war shifted from the Northern part of the United States to the Southern Strategy of the British. Welcome back. Yet Philbrick wasn't content. Another point of emphasis is how close to failure the Revolution was because of the impotence of the Continental Congress anI really enjoyed reading In the Hurricane's Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick over the last week. Well, the work is much more about the former than the latter.

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