Washingtons Revolution, Robert Middlekauff
Washingtons Revolution, Robert Middlekauff
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Washington's Revolution
The Making of America's First Leader

Author: Robert Middlekauff

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 13 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/03/2015

Synopsis

A vivid new portrait of the formative years that made George Washington a great leader, from a highly respected and accomplished historian who is a Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist.George Washington was famously unknowable, but Robert Middlekauff penetrates the mystique to reveal the fears, values, and passions that drove him. Rich in psychological details regarding Washington's temperament, idiosyncrasies, and experiences, this audiobook shows us a self-conscious Washington who grew in confidence and experience as a young soldier, businessman, and Virginian gentleman; and was transformed into an American patriot by the revolutionary ferment of the 1760s and 70s. Taking command of an army constantly in dire need—without adequate food, weapons, and, at times, even clothing and shoes, right up until the end—Washington displayed incredible persistence and resourcefulness, and evolved into a leader who understood perhaps better than anyone the crucial role the army had to play in the formation of a new American society. Washington, Middlekauff leaves no doubt, was at the heart not just of the revolution's course and outcome, but also the success of the nation that it produced. This is an essential audiobook for understanding the character of one of America's great figures.

About Robert Middlekauff

Robert Middlekauff is Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been the director of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (1983–1988); and Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford. His books include The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596–1728, which won the Bancroft Prize; The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on April 16, 2018

A deeper look at George Washington and his leadership and vision from his early years through the end of the Revolutionary War. This was an academic look at how Washington was able to always view the big picture throughout his life and while was not perfect, he was able to keep above the immediate i......more

Goodreads review by Joe on November 15, 2021

Very hard to get into the book. The sentence syntax was confusing, making the book difficult to understand. The first few chapters were a bore which doubly added to my difficulties getting in to it. It picked up when it began talking about the Revolutionary War, but even then it was a bit longer tha......more

Goodreads review by David on December 14, 2018

A concise survey of the qualities and characteristics that made Washington Washington. First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen--this was GW, the indispensable man for the Revolutionary War's glorious cause. The author makes the assertion that Washington, as no other man c......more

Goodreads review by James on June 03, 2022

Very disappointing. Middlekauff has written a really excellent political history of 18th century America and I expected much from this volume but it is badly written, lacking structure, being highly repetitive (it seems like there are dozens of almost identical paragraphs about the problems Washingt......more

Goodreads review by Gayathri on June 19, 2022

Picked up this book hoping to gain insight into the Washington’s leadership. There are some aspects of his leadership - commitment to the army, his steely resolve, covered in detail, but overall too much focus was given to the military stratagems and wars that didn’t hold my interest enough to make......more

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