Title: GREAT MEN MAKE MISTAKES
Review: This is an interesting and easy to read chronology of the first year of the Revolutionary War with a personal and human perspective rather than a philosophical or economic assessment of the relationship between great Britain and the emerging 13 colonies at the time of the break from Britain. The figure of Washington is seen as a man with his own flaws and prejudices but with an unflinching personal commitment to a responsibility that he often regrets having assumed. Washington is hard headed and at least initially seen to be without a full grasp of the military situation confronting him in New England. As time progresses he gains an appreciation for the "Yankees" from New England and finds the true strength in the leadership of Nathaneal Greene and Knox. The book is not overly technical in terms of tactics and battlefield analysis but does give a good look inside the man who perservered to final victory.
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