Channelling George Washington: The Revolution That Changed the World

Mr. Fleming is a former president of the Society of American Historians. This is the latest in a series of articles, “Channelling George Washington.”

“What do you think is the most important thing most people don’t know about the American Revolution?”

“How you changed the strategy of the war in 1776 and rescued the Americans from collapse?”

“That was important. But it matters more at West Point and amongst the dwindling handful of historians capable of thinking militarily. What I’ve got in mind matters to average people all over the world.”

“I’m all ears, even if my eyelids are drooping.”