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A Well-executed Failure - The Sullivan Campaign Against the Iroquois, July - September 1779 (Paperback)
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A Well-executed Failure - The Sullivan Campaign Against the Iroquois, July - September 1779 (Paperback)
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This is an analysis of one campaign to illustrate the evolution of
the Colonial Army at the Revolution's midpoint. 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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