George Washington Classical Sun Tzu Strategist and Master in the Art of War

    Later on, in 1775 George was unanimously selected to be Commander-in-Chief of the Second Continental Congress, ("Primary Documents in American History").  Even though Washington was used to commanding a small militia, he had an excellent strategy.  His first move was to occupy Dorchester Heights, where he brought supplies from Fort Ticonderoga and forced the British to evacuate Boston.  Throughout the war for Independence, Washington continued to use his unique strategies.  His strategies he used on the Hessians in Trenton was the surprise attack.  Most of the battles he fought, he planned out very well. He failed sometimes, but that didn’t stop him from fighting.  Washington was well organized, very attentive to details, and expected hard work and effort from his troops.  During every war Washington would visit his home ten times, he stayed in Valley Forge.  During the wars he would also write letters to help his army by giving cattle to his army to feed them.  Then, The Treaty of Paris ended the war for Independence and started The Revolutionary War.  In June of 1775, Congress ordered General Washington to lead the Continental Army in

Even though Washington was used to commanding a small militia, he had an excellent strategy. His first move was to occupy Dorchester Heights where he brought supplies from Fort Ticonderoga and forced the British to evacuate Boston. Throughout the war for Independence, Washington continued to use his excellent strategies. His strategies he used on the Hessians in Trenton was the surprise attack. Most of the battles he fought, he planned out very well. He failed sometimes but that didn’t stop him from fighting. Washington was well organized, paid attention to details, and required hard work and effort from his troops. During every war Washington would visit his home ten times, he stayed in Valley Forge. During the wars he would also write letters to help his army by giving cattle to his army to feed them. Then, The Treaty of Paris ended the war for Independence and started The Revolutionary War.June of 1775, Congress ordered General Washington to lead the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. During the Revolution Washington suffered more lost battles than he won.

Of time and history, George Washington had a great deal more of it which Flexner had to cover. Washington was a major national figure for twenty-four years from his election as Commander in Chief to his death, and he was hardly twenty when his role in the French and Indian War made him internationally known. The wide-ranging subject of Washington must have been difficult to fit into one encapsulated volume, but Flexner manages not only to do that but also writes straightforward in thought with flowing ideas and logical conclusions. The first chapter, of course, starts from George’s Birth and tells of his childhood of growing admiration for the wilds of the frontier and the British Army. A little later, the book moves forward to Washington’s first military blunder in inciting the French and Indian War which makes the name George Washington internationally known. After this incident, Flexner

In conclusion this is about Washington has he been through his years in the war to help our America out. There was ups and downs throughout the wear he been in through the major to the General master. The best thing that Washington did during all the wars he was save his poeple from dieing from the war.

Washington’s early military blunders would have normally hurt his future career, but he managed to protect his image despite them through manipulating the press. Even if it may have been dubious, Washington made himself look courageous and honorable to the rest of the colonies. Washington’s controlled image and courage allowed him to move up through the ranks, using his prior experiences to pave his way to becoming one of the most courageous American Generals of the Revolutionary Era. Not only did Washington have courage, but he was also favored by the gods. He constantly had fate on his side; he had his native abilities, a fire in his belly, and most importantly, the luck of the weather in critical battles. Finally, Washington’s celebrated bold exploits shaped him into becoming a hero. Looking at Washington’s overall military career, his courage, favor by the gods, and celebrated bold exploits made him a hero in the eyes of his newborn

fight for, he endured the mindset of success. “His faith in the cause and his devotion to the ideals it embodied made him the symbol of America — the spirit of the Revolution(ushistory).” When going through tough times it is empowering to have a motivator and this is exactly what Washington did, he was a motivator and an encourager. The colonists could not have gained their independence if it were not for Washington. These great achievements of success through wars lead George Washington to another successful position.

During the time of the Revolutionary War, Washington was appointed as commander of the Continental Army to lead them into the Revolutionary War. Despite having a big disadvantage going into the war in terms of firepower, training, and hunger, George never gave up and still led the Army. He did have a lot of failures with trying to push the British troops away, and also came close to losing his general position because of it. The continental was very inexperienced, it contained militias and citizen soldiers. He retreated his troops across the Delaware River to give his troops alittle space between them and the British.

George Washington’s military record during the Revolutionary War is littered with successes and strategic decisions. This is not to say that he had no failures or mistakes, but to establish that he had a vision that not many others had or have

In order to measure the growth of Washington, we must first evaluate his roles in the French and Indian War. Washington’s military career began in 1754 when he, as lieutenant colonel, led a regiment into Ohio Country. With the help of Indian allies, Washington secured his first victory, albeit a bloody one. The full details of this account were not reported as the attack was borderline massacre. The next year, Washington was made Commander of the Virginia Regiment. Under Washington, the regiment formed a select style of fighting that could take on both the French and Indian forces. Washington’s experience as commander of this regiment foreshadows his role as commander of the Continental

A man who stood 6 feet, 2 inches tall with teeth composed of wood and hippopotamus ivory does not even begin to describe George Washington. He was born February 22, 1732 but forever lives in American history. He was a large component of the French and Indian War and achieved many accomplishments as a military leader and soldier. One of the most unique qualities of George Washington was the fact that he was very insightful when learning from his prior defeats in battle, and he had a strong will to never give up. He learned from his experiences in each battle to learn more about himself, and more about his desire to change the 13 colonies association with Britain. Although George Washington was born in a privileged English household he took

In today’s military we think of tactics and strategy in quite a different manner than in the time of Washington. During his time strategy and tactics were not known by the name in fact the term did not even exist, but they were know by thoughts, processes, and rules that were passed down through generations in which leadership waged war. “Until the nineteenth century, war was the sport of kings, and strategy the rules of the game.” (Palmer, 2012, p.3) As we look into the era of George Washington we can see three general aspects of warfare that were used. The first being tactics which we can describe as being the “theory of the use of military forces in combat” (Palmer, 2012, p. 6) or generally speaking how we fight our enemy. This how we fight aspect goes into the basic make up and use of forces, such as we are going to use our light infantry to suppress the forward progress of our enemy while our cavalry uses there speed advantage to flank around the enemy and begin an aggressive assault. Another war aspect we see in this time period is strategy. Strategy is very similar to tactics but it instead looks more into where and whether we should fight to gain a victory (Palmer, 2012, p. 6-7). The aspect of strategy also looks into numbers, in which we can say we are going up against a force that is estimated to be in the range of seven thousand militia and two thousand cavalry units, because of this we should attack them further back into the wood line where we have the greater

General George Washington was conceivably the one indispensable man among the Founding Fathers. He was the only one out of many others to command the respect needed to lead the Continental Army to victory over Great Britain and presiding over the Constitutional Convention. He was indeed born as a leader to which a leader is defined as one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers. During the eight year Revolutionary war from 1775-1783 with Great Britain and America soldiers, General George Washington has proven himself to be a formidable leader that made him recognizable in a much later life such as his presidential selection. John C. Maxwell, the author of Communication Lessons From America’s Founding Father, draws the attention of General Washington strength qualities of being a leader as it explains “They watched him lead a bedraggled army of ill-equipped, under-clothed soldiers in battle against the world’s mightiest, most professional fighting force--the British Army.” In contrast, Mary Theobald, the author of Whatever happened to Benedict Arnold? argues “...trusted by Washington that the British thought him incorruptible, had attempted to betray his country by surrendering West Point.” Yet this disagreement raises the question, what does General Washington’s strengths and weakness lies during the Revolutionary War as he serves his role as the Commander in Chief? Based on research, General Washington’s leadership during that period had conveyed

General Washington devoted to his men and defeating the enemy, creating battling strategies, and plans to defeat the hessians. Washington being a loyal leader is what made his army unite and become stronger as an

During the war, Washington thought he was the good person to help the war. Washington made a trip and that trip change him. Washington won his first surprise attack war. When Washington was at war he never really was warrior, because he never really won much of the war. There was one time that Washington try to find ways to get himself into some other war. Washington only last into year when he was about 27 years old. I know if Washington try his best but he seem like he never did when he was the major in the war. Also he did try to help his fellow soldiers out in the war so that they can win.

A major influence on George Washington’s beliefs was when he was a young military officer serving as the Commander of the Virginia Regiment. Not necessarily a positive life experience initially, this experience taught him the role of the military as it interacts with its civil authority. His most important learning experience during this period was through his mistakes of trying to maneuver through the political environment of civilian government and involving himself in a political scene that, although the ends where sound, the means where not for a military officer. Washington was charged, after the