A Crisis of Peace - George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the
epub | 29.23 MB | English | Author :David Head | B07KGKQLRK | 2019 | Pegasus Books

Book Description :

The story of George Washington's first crisis of the fledgling republic: In the war's waning days, the American Revolution neared collapsed when Washington's senior officers were rumored to be on the edge of mutiny.
On March 15, 1783, General George Washington addressed a group of angry officers in an effort to rescue the American Revolution from mutiny at the highest level.After the British surrender at Yorktown, the American Revolution still blazed on, and as peace was negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The government was broke, paying its debts with loans from France. Political rivalry among the states paralyzed Congress. The army's officers, encamped near Newburgh, New York, and restless without an enemy to fight, brooded over a civilian population seemingly indifferent to their sacrifices.
The result was the Newburgh Affair, a mysterious event in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by a lack of pay and pensions,...

Category : | US Revolution & Founding History, U.S. Revolution & Founding History, Military History of the United States