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A Well-Executed Failure

A Well-Executed Failure

Fischer, Joseph R.

Paperback

Native American HistoryArmed ForcesColonial Period (1600-1775)

ISBN10: 1570038376
ISBN13: 9781570038372
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: Oct 16 2008
Pages: 265
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Joseph R. Fischer reassesses the historical value of the first of the Indian Wars, a campaign generally regarded as one of the Continental army's strategic fiascoes. Major General John Sullivan's expedition, intended to punish the Iroquois Confederacy for raids in western New York and Pennsylvania, ultimately did not remove the Iroquois from the conflict despite the successful destruction of their lands. Instead the crusade increased the dependency of the Iroquois remnant on its British supporters and galvanized raiding activities. Fischer suggests that the historical focus on the campaign's failure has overshadowed its importance as a vehicle for understanding the Continental army at a turning point in the war. He demonstrates that this expedition provides exceptional insight into the growing professionalism of George Washington's military. While Fischer uses the Sullivan campaign to enumerate the logistical inadequacies that plagued the Continental army, he also uses it to highlight the significant progress Washington had achieved by 1779. Fischer contends that improvements in operational planning, intelligence, tactics, and leadership exhibited during the Sullivan campaign transformed the army into a force capable of victory against British forces.

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