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Setting the desperate battle in its context, \u003ci\u003eBenedict Arnold 's Navy\u003c\/i\u003e describes the strategic importance of the Hudson River and Lake Champlain, the ambitious and largely successful American invasion of Quebec in 1775, and the bloody retreat of the following year. The one-year delay of the subsequent British invasion from Canada won by Arnold's gallant, overmatched fleet made possible an American triumph in the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, the first significant victory of the Revolution. This success finally convinced France to join America in arms and turned the tide of war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing storytelling skills honed by a dozen novels, including the popular \u003ci\u003eRevolution at Sea Saga\u003c\/i\u003e and the W. Y. Boyd Award-winning \u003ci\u003eGlory in the Name\u003c\/i\u003e, Nelson brings to life a new image of Benedict Arnold. He is not the vainglorious traitor of popular imagination but a fearless and talented officer, a favorite of General Washington, and a man who, in thirty months of fighting, led troops into hell and back.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis suspenseful drama is a salutary reminder that the American Revolution between 1775 and 1778 was a two-front war. \u003ci\u003eBenedict Arnold 's Navy\u003c\/i\u003e is a much needed look at the less-celebrated front to the north, where armies clashed in the wilderness and on the cold waters of Lake Champlain in battles that would determine the outcome of the war as surely as the fighting at Trenton and Yorktown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames L. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e, a former sailing vessel seaman and boatswain, is the author of two series of novels about the great sailing navies: \u003ci\u003eRevolution at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrethren of the Coast\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eGlory in the Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote the nonfiction title \u003ci\u003eReign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.33 x 9.36 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49391911469211,"sku":"9780071468060","price":54.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/BvZlowBsR69780071468060.webp?v=1787871169"},{"product_id":"george-washingtons-secret-navy-how-the-american-revolution-went-to-sea-hardcover-1","title":"George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames L. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1775 General George Washington secretly armed a handful of small ships and sent them to sea against the world's mightiest navy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBenedict Arnold's Navy\u003c\/i\u003e, here is the story of how America's first commander-in-chief--whose previous military experience had been entirely on land--nursed the fledgling American Revolution through a season of stalemate by sending troops to sea. Mining previously overlooked sources, James L. Nelson's swiftly moving narrative shows that George Washington deliberately withheld knowledge of his tiny navy from the Continental Congress for more than two critical months, and that he did so precisely because he knew Congress would not approve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Nelson has taken an episode that occupies no more than a few paragraphs in other histories of the Revolution and, with convincing research and vivid narrative style, turned it into an important, marvelously readable book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eThomas Fleming, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perils of Peace: America's Struggle to Survive after Yorktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gripping and fascinating book about the daring and heroic mariners who helped George Washington change the course of history and create a nation. Nelson wonderfully brings to life a largely forgotten but critically important piece of America's past.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEric Jay Dolin, author of \u003ci\u003eLeviathan: The History of Whaling in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The political machinations are as exciting as the blood-stirring ship actions in this meticulously researched story of the shadowy beginnings of American might on the seas.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJohn Druett, author of \u003ci\u003eIsland of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"James Nelson is not the first historian to reveal this little-known albeit incredibly important aspect of our Revolution, but no one has done it more thoroughly or with greater literary grace.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eWilliam M. Fowler, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpires at War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn July 1775, in his first inspection of the American encampment on the outskirts of Boston, the Continental Army's newly arrived commander-in-chief noted its haphazard design and shabby construction--clearly the work of men unprepared to face the world's most powerful fighting force. George Washington had inherited not only an army of woefully untrained and ill-equipped soldiers, but a daunting military prospect as well. To the east he could see the enemy's heavily fortified positions on Bunker Hill and a formidable naval presence on the river beyond. British-occupied Boston was defended by impressive redoubts that would easily repel any American assault, and Boston Harbor bristled with the masts of merchant ships delivering food, clothing, arms, ammunition, and other necessities to the British. Washington knew that the king's troops had all the arms and gunpowder they could want, whereas his own army lacked enough powder for even one hour of major combat. The Americans were in danger of losing a war before it had truly begun.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite his complete lack of naval experience, Washington recognized that harassing British merchant ships was his only means of carrying the fight to the enemy and sustaining an otherwise unsustainable stalemate. But he also knew that many in Congress still hoped for reconciliation with England, and in that climate Congressional approval for naval action was out of the question. So, without notifying Congress and with no real authority to do so, the general began arming small merchant schooners and sending them to sea to hunt down British transports \"in the Service of the ministerial Army.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGeorge Washington's Secret Navy\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author James L. 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Symonds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the British in the Revolution, the Barbary Wars, and the arduous conquest of Iwo Jima. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book illuminates the changes--technological, institutional, and functional--of the U.S. Navy from its days as a small frigate navy through the age of steam and steel to the modern era of electronics and missiles. Historian Craig L. Symonds captures the evolving culture of the Navy and debates between policymakers about what role the institution should play in world affairs. Internal and external challenges dramatically altered the size and character of the Navy, with long periods of quiet inertia alternating with rapid expansion emerging out of crises. The history of the navy reflects the history of the nation as a whole, and its many changes derive in large part from the changing role of the United States itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCraig L. Symonds\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Professor Emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the author of ten previous books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Midway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCivil War at Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNeptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDecision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Theodore and Franklin D. 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