1776
by David McCullough · first published 2005
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In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size
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The best I've read wasn't a strategy book per se. 1776 - http://www.amazon.com/1776-David-McCullough/dp/0743226712 by David McCullough was full of useful insights on General George Washington and how he used his smarts to defeat the enemy. He wasn't a great…
on “Ask HN: good books about military strategy?” ↗…Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford, as something to inspire makers & engineers without being a technical book. If you like history, David McCullough's biography John Adams is a masterpiece (also see 1776 by the same author). I can't think of anything else that hasn't already been mentioned.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books? I'm bored” ↗I greatly enjoyed 1776: http://books.simonandschuster.com/1776/David-McCullough/9781...
on “Ask HN: Books with a high signal to noise ratio?” ↗I'm learning about US history as a non-American, for no particular reason other than I found some books in a second hand store. - "1776", by David McCullough - a combination of American Revolution history with telling of leadership in times when defeat seems inevitable. - "Team of Rivals", by Doris Kearns Goodwin - just started, reading…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading these days?” ↗