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This 5 page analysis explores McCullough's focus on George Washington and his struggles with leadership in the year 1776. It offers a balanced approach to the two sides, the characters, and the critics. 6 works cited.
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of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander,
William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief who
stands foremost - Washington, who had never before led an army in battle (Countryman 120).
1776 is about George Washington and the courage it took to lead an army against the most powerful empire in the world when he didnt have the military background to
do so. It details eighteen months of his struggle and the dedication of his troops to the cause of freedom. His story is a sweeping account of the soldiers,
military leaders, and the patriots of the Continental Army and the British Army, but its main focus remains George Washington. Background
and Analysis The way that McCullough weaves the historical account inspires, for one reads in the pages how very fragile the fledgling country
was - but ultimately how adept its leader. McCullough opens 1776 in Great Britain, describing the wealth and power George Washington was
up against. In the beginning, there is a procession honoring King George III, and as McCullough writes, "No mortal rode in such style as their king" (McCullough 4). He goes
on to describe the wealth and political environment of the enemy leading that led to the sending of British troops to the colonies. In England, they are surrounded by gilt
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