{"product_id":"fatal-sunday-9780806157481","title":"Fatal Sunday","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Viewing the political and military aspects of the campaign as inextricably entwined, this book offers a fresh perspective on Washington's role in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a superb study, large in scope, detailed in content, and insightful in all that it considers. Based on massive research that ranges in depth across a variety of sources, Mark Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone have provided a broad and subtle history that ranks with the best written on the Revolutionary War. A marvelous book.\"\" - Robert Middlekauff, author of \u003ci\u003eWashington's Revolution: The Making of America's First Leader\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763 - 1789\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"This welcome addition to the literature on the Revolutionary War not only considers the Battle of Monmouth in detail but reassesses the performance of General Charles Lee even as it details the high-stakes political infighting in which George Washington established himself as military commander.\"\" - Lawrence E. Babits, author of \u003ci\u003eA Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eLong, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone show how the daylong slugfest at Monmouth Courthouse was a coming-of-age battle for the Continental Army with profound consequences for the outcome of the Revolutionary War. Gripping yet definitive, this model of military history deserves a wide readership.\"\" - James Kirby Martin, \u003ci\u003eauthor of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Informed by deep research and vividly narrated, this long-needed account shows how the battle at Monmouth Courthouse solidified the reputations of George Washington and his Continentals - and put the British on notice.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e  - Wayne E. Lee\u003ci\u003e Crowds and Soldiers in Revolutionary North Carolina: The Culture of Violence in Riot and War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"This is a landmark study of a battle too often overlooked. The writing is crisp, clear, and commanding, the research is deep, and the analysis is learned and sophisticated. Lender and Stone have set the standard.\"\" - Ricardo A. Herrera, \u003ci\u003eFor Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775 - 1861\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eFatal Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e is an extensively researched and well-written study that provides a new and fascinating perspective on the significance of the Battle of Monmouth.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eFatal Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e is an extensively researched and well-written study that provides a new and fascinating perspective on the significance of the Battle of Monmouth.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49944539201879,"sku":"9780806157481","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780806157481.jpg?v=1738811394","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fatal-sunday-9780806157481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}