Dieser Autor erforscht historische Ereignisse mit einer einzigartigen Perspektive, die durch ein Leben auf verschiedenen Kontinenten und den Übergang vom Journalismus zur Geschichtsschreibung geprägt wurde. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch tiefgehende Einblicke in die Vergangenheit aus, analysiert entscheidende Momente und deckt verborgene Erzählungen und Zusammenhänge auf. Durch sorgfältige Recherche und fesselnde Prosa erweckt er komplexe historische Darstellungen für den Leser zum Leben. Seine Expertise zeigt sich in Publikationen in führenden literarischen und historischen Fachzeitschriften, was seine Fähigkeit beweist, akademische Strenge mit zugänglichem Erzählen zu verbinden.
Sheds light on the experience of the individual soldier by examining three battles which demonstrate the formation of the United States military that people know today and the traditions that have shaped the character of America's armed forces.
In the summer of 1778, General Washington needed to know where the British would strike next. To that end, he unleashed an unlikely ring of spies in New York charged with discovering the enemy's battle plans. Washington's band included a young Quaker torn between political principle and family loyalty, a swashbuckling sailor addicted to the perils of espionage, a hard-drinking barkeep, a Yale-educated cavalryman, and a peaceful, sickly farmer who begged to let him retire but always came through in the end. Personally guiding these everyday heroes was Washington himself. In an era when officers were gentlemen, and gentlemen didn't spy, he possessed a talent for deception--and proved an adept spymaster. The men he mentored were dubbed the Culper Ring. Historian Rose tells an unknown story of the Revolution--the murderous intelligence war, gunrunning and kidnapping, defectors and executioners--that has never appeared in the history books.--From publisher description