Joseph Ellis on American Creation and the Founding
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The Importance of Honesty in the War
Rain: Washington is a man of honor and character in a very elevated sense. He regards war as a summons to do with General Howe or later General Clinton presents his army. And he's sort of forced into it, as you say, simply because he doesn't have the troops to... Were the provisions to be able to match the British army and let's say attack New York,. That's what he really wants to do. But the absence of resources makes it impossible for him to do that.
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