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The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army

The Drillmaster of Valley Forge examines the Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army, combining Paul Douglas Lockhart's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Publication date: February 2, 2010
Format: Print edition
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780061451645

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