Charles Lee : self before country /
Dominick Mazzagetti.
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : maps.
- Rivergate regionals .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The fateful choice -- Lee's "American expedition" -- Lee's European experience -- Personality and political philosophy -- A "love affair" with America -- Foreign officers in service to America -- America's soldier -- Rejoining Washington -- Captivity, betrayal, exchange -- Monmouth -- Court-martial -- Bitterness, despair and death -- Epilogue: A man without a country.
9780813562384 (ebook)
Lee, Charles, 1731-1782.
Generals--United States--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography. United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783