George Washington and Benedict Arnold

Download or read book George Washington and Benedict Arnold written by Dave Richard Palmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1775 through 1777, George Washington and Benedict Arnold were America's two most celebrated warriors. Their earlier lives had surprisingly parallel paths. They were strong leaders in combat, they admired and respected each other, and they even shared common enemies. Yet one became our greatest hero and the other our most notorious traitor. Why? In the new paperback edition of George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots, author and military historian Dave Palmer reveals the answer: character.