George Washington: Situational Leadership

Edwin Robinson

History 301

Dr. Victoria Ott

December 9, 2007

Washington’s skill as a military leader has been found by many historians to be quite lacking. However, while his generalship has consistently been criticized, Washington’s undeterred conviction to the preservation of the army has become the focus of his contribution to the cause of liberty. A fresh examination of Washington’s ability to maintain a viable fighting force in the field during the early stages of the war reveals an amateur general who took the reigns of a new age army of free men with virtually no experience and an aversion to authority. How did a man who had no experience leading an army, who could not draw support from a professional officer’s core, hold together a fragile alliance men and a cause that was just as delicate? From Boston to Princeton, Washington carried his men through those critical early years with a situational leadership......

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