Washington's Partisan War, 1775-1783

by Mark V. Kwasny

Book Overview

George Washington embraced a strategy that depended on the effectiveness of the militia. He also encouraged the use of the militia as partisans. This work looks at the history of regular units, state militia and politics at the state and national levels, to shed light on Washington's campaigns.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873385462
• ISBN13: 9780873385466
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

a wonderful focused work on Washington's use of the militia.

I think this book was very enlightening about the role of the militia and how Washington creatively used them along with regular military during the Revolutionary War. Being a New Jersey native, I was appreciative of the author's feel for the area. I gained a new appreciation for Washington as a military strategist. Definitely worth reading!

A civil war within the Revolution

The book not only points up Washington's genius at extending the tenets of the formal warfare of the 18th century, something for which he is rarely credited, but records the civil war between Tory and Patriot (Whig) within that war. It clearly demonstates the strengths and limitations of depending upon the citizen soldier, a lesson relevant today. Since the book deals primarily with the war around the New York metropolitan area, it will be especially interesting to anyone living in the area. I think enough of the book to buy a new copy and give it to our local library. John Higgins