Braddock’s Defeat by David Preston
Posted by Douglas MacGregor on Apr 19, 2016 in | Comments Off on Braddock’s Defeat by David Preston Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution by David Preston Oxford University Press, 480 pp., $29.95 As the sun set on a warm July evening, Gen. Edward Braddock (1695-1755) lay amongst the dead and dying of his ruined army. Still disbelieving the tragic outcome of his battle against the French four days ago, he muttered among his staff, “Who’d have thought it? We...read more