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Title

Lafayette : lessons in leadership from the idealist general / Marc Leepson.

Author

Leepson, Marc, 1945-

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description

xii, 202 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.

Summary

Provides an account of the life and military career of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat who, enamored with the ideals of the American Revolution, traveled to the colonies to join the fight for democracy, and became lifelong friends with Gerome Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Series Statement

World generals series

Uniform Title

World generals series.

Subject

• Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 > Military leadership
• France. Armée > Biography
• 1775-1830
• Generals > France > Biography
• Generals > United States > Biography
• Statesmen > France > Biography
• Command of troops > Case studies
• United States > Participation, French > Revolution, 1775-1783
• France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
• France > History > Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815
• France > History > July Revolution, 1830

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Case studies
• History
• Case studies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-196) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : an essential friend to America -- An ancient family of warriors -- Ardor for the cause -- Bleeding in the cause -- A trustworthy friend -- Cannon fire was exchanged all day -- An uncommon maturity of judgment -- A decisive moment -- Great want of money, baggage, and clothing -- Yorktown : the fifth act -- America, sure of her independence -- The most dangerous man of them all -- Poor Lafayette -- Companions of misfortune -- The prime mover.

ISBN

• 9780230105041
• 0230105041

LCCN

^^2010030359

OCLC

• 651011968
• SCSB-11738809

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library