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restraint. Although in George Washington's case capacity confronted control (his inability to supply and pay his army made it difficult for him to control it), he was determined to prevent his men from running amok because he wanted to win the support of civilians, foster military effectiveness, live up to prevailing codes of honor, and produce a respectable-looking army that could impress foreign observers. He largely succeeded, but interestingly enough, some of the very same men who displayed such self-restraint at Valley Forge during the winter of 17771778 would go on to engage in terrible atrocities during Sullivan's Expedition against the Iroquois in 1779. In the latter case, capacity and calculation dictated a war of devastation, while culture, which had hardened colonists' attitudes toward Native Americans over the previous two centuries, shaped the expression of that type of war. This very ambitious book largely succeeds because Lee dexterously and subtly links the general with the particular through his case studies. For a work that draws inspiration from cultural history, however, his discussions of culture seem somewhat undertheorized. This approach might be deliberate; Lynn consciously sought to avoid cultural history's "excesses," and Lee may have wanted to eschew the
Journal of World History – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Aug 7, 2013
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