Marcus Cunliffe

Was it true that Washington was...cold, cautious, and obsequious-unapproachable even to his friends?...a man of vital passion and towering dignity-admired and loved by his soldiers?...a bumbling general forced into victory by the incompetence of his enemies?...a brilliant military leader, adept at the new ways of guerrilla warfare?...egocentric, with the dangerous pretensions of a Caesar?...a humble, modest man, sacrificing his own pleasure in his...