Synopses & Reviews
Review
andquot;A soundly researched and readable book. Given his craving for attention, Lee would surely be delighted to know that he is not yet forgotten.andquot;
Review
andquot;Perhaps residents of Fort Lee would petition to change their municipalityandrsquo;s name if they were more familiar with the treacherous behavior of the Revolutionary War figure whose legacy they bear. In Mazzagettiandrsquo;s treatment, this shocking episode is smoothly told.andquot;
Review
andquot;The title says it all. This well-researched and argued biography portrays a man whose ambition and character always came before loyalty to his country or countrymen. Readers will find a compelling story of a character unlike any other during the Revolutionary era. Highly recommended.andquot;
Review
andquot;Leeandrsquo;s story is one of those stranger-than-fiction tales, well told by Mazzagetti. It also illustrates the central role New Jersey played in the American Revolution.andquot;
Review
andquot;Charles Lee, who died a year after Washingtonand#39;s victory at Yorktown, is likely to be the subject of controversy for as long as the Revolutionary War is studied. New slants will be presented and vague points emphasized as historians continue to dissect the strange behavior of Lee. It is unlikely that biographers will improve the work of Mazzagetti.andquot;
Synopsis
Dominick Mazzagetti presents an engaging account of the life of Charles Lee, the forgotten man of the American Revolution and in whose honor the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridgeandmdash;Fort Leeandmdash;was named. Mazzagetti analyzes Leeandrsquo;s battlefield successes, his capture by the British, and the damning evidence of Leeandrsquo;s traitorous abandonment of the American cause. He compares the lives and attributes of Lee and George Washington and offers significant observations missing from previous biographies of Lee.
Synopsis
Few American military figures are more revered than General John J. ""Black Jack"" Pershing (1860-1948), who is most famous for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. The only soldier besides George Washington to be promoted to the highest rank in the U.S. Army (General of the Armies), Pershing was a mentor to the generation of generals who led America's forces during the Second World War. Though Pershing published a two-volume memoir, My Experiences in the World War, and has b
About the Author
DOMINICK MAZZAGETTI is the author of True Jersey Blues: The Civil War Correspondence of Lucien A. Voorhees and William Mackenzie Thompson. A lawyer and banker with a fervent interest in American history, he has served as law secretary to the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Table of Contents
and#160;Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Fateful Choice
2. Lee's andquot;American Expeditionandquot;
3. Lee's European Experience
4. Personality and Political Philosophy
5. A andquot;Love Affairandquot; with America
6. Foreign Officers in Service to America
7. America's Soldier
8. Rejoining Washington
9. Captivity, Betrayal, Exchange
10. Monmouth
11. Court-Martial
12. Bitterness, Despair, and Death
Epilogue: A Man Without a Country
Appendix A: James Wilkinson, Memoirs of My Own Times (1816): The Capture of Charles Lee
Appendix B: andquot;Mr. Lee's Plan--March 29, 1777andquot;
Appendix C: Washington and Lee's Battlefield Confrontation
Appendix D: Shades of Monmouth
Notes
Bibliography
Index