1. Idealist at Work; 2. Realist at Work; 3. The Game Begins; 4. Frustration All Around; 5. Aedes Aegypti to the Rescue; 6. The Dying General; 7. A War Hero to the Rescue; 8. Between Peace and War; 9. All Eyes on Paris; 10. The Big Bargain; 11. Hanging Fire; 12. Constitution Bending in Washington D.C; 13. Triumph and New Perils; 14. Destiny Takes Charge; 15. The Final Challenge; Further Reading
THOMAS FLEMING is the author of more than forty works of history and historical fiction, including Liberty!: The American Revolution; Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America; and The New Dealers' War: FDR and the War Within World War II. He contributes regularly to American Heritage and many other magazines and is a frequent guest and contributor on NPR, PBS, A&E, and History Channel programs. A Fellow of the Society of American Historians, he has served as chairman of the American Revolution Round Table and as president of the PEN American Center.
"...competently written and sure footed..." (Times Literary Supplement, February 2004) "...there should be more books like this: concise, tightly argued, clearly written..." (Sunday Times, 31 August 2003)
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