Brandywine
A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777
Michael C. Harris
- Winner
- of
- the
- American
- Revolution
- Round
- Table
- of
- Richmond
- Book
- Award—“An
- impressive
- interpretation
- of
- the
- battle”
- (Arthur
- S.
- Lefkowitz,
- author
- of
- Benedict
- Arnold’s
- Army).Long
- overshadowed
- by
- the
- stunning
- American
- victory
- at
- Saratoga,
- the
- complex
- British
- campaign
- that
- defeated
- George
- Washington’s
- colonial
- army
- and
- led
- to
- the
- capture
- of
- the
- capital
- city
- of
- Philadelphia
- was
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- military
- events
- of
- the
- war.
- Michael
- C.
- Harris’s
- impressive
- Brandywine
- is
- the
- first
- full-length
- study
- of
- this
- pivotal
- engagement
- in
- many
- years.Though
- the
- bitter
- fighting
- around
- Brandywine
- Creek
- drove
- the
- Americans
- from
- the
- field,
- their
- heroic
- defensive
- stand
- saved
- Washington’s
- army
- from
- destruction
- and
- proved
- that
- the
- nascent
- Continental
- foot
- soldiers
- could
- stand
- toe-to-toe
- with
- their
- foe.
- Although
- more
- combat
- would
- follow,
- Philadelphia
- fell
- to
- Gen.
- Sir
- William
- Howe’s
- British
- legions
- on
- September
- 26,
- 1777.Harris’s
- Brandywine
- is
- the
- first
- complete
- study
- to
- merge
- the
- strategic,
- political,
- and
- tactical
- history
- of
- this
- complex
- operation
- and
- important
- set-piece
- battle
- into
- a
- single
- compelling
- account.
- More
- than
- a
- decade
- in
- the
- making,
- his
- sweeping
- prose
- relies
- almost
- exclusively
- upon
- original
- archival
- research
- and
- his
- personal
- knowledge
- of
- the
- terrain.
- Enhanced
- with
- original
- maps,
- illustrations,
- and
- modern
- photos,
- and
- told
- largely
- through
- the
- words
- of
- those
- who
- fought
- there,
- Brandywine
- will
- take
- its
- place
- as
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- military
- studies
- of
- the
- American
- Revolution
- ever
- written.“Take[s]
- the
- reader
- into
- the
- fields
- and
- along
- the
- front-lines
- .
- .
- .
- A
- first-rate
- military
- history
- that
- has
- a
- deserving
- spot
- on
- any
- student’s
- bookshelf
- of
- the
- American
- Revolution.”
- —Emerging
- Revolutionary
- War Era
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