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June 25, 2013
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to-read
June 25, 2013
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August 12, 2013
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August 13, 2013
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4.55%
"Read Chapter 1 tonight. OK so Washington owned slaves. Seems he was a touch of an arrogant bastard too."
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August 14, 2013
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7.05%
"Enjoying Running Commentary on Intro and Chapters 1-3. Shay's rebels seem analogous to today's City of Detroit and other private public pensioners."
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August 22, 2013
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13.64%
"Finished Chapter 6 reading assignment for discussion group. Thought provoking regarding founders response to floundering Articles of Confereration with emphasis on Washington's steadying influence on proceedings."
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August 22, 2013
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13.64%
"Finished Chapter 6 reading assignment for discussion group. Thought provoking regarding founders response to floundering Articles of Confereration with emphasis on Washington's steadying influence on proceedings."
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August 26, 2013
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16.14%
"Chapters 7 8 and 9 Focus on treatment of prisoners and reasons for rebellion. Self -rightous hypocritical American tendencies evident early with treatment of loyalists and willingness to pay for services rendered.
Washington seems to have been a failure as a Soldier till he was put in charge of Continentals. He played the role well before he deserved the recognition."
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Washington seems to have been a failure as a Soldier till he was put in charge of Continentals. He played the role well before he deserved the recognition."
August 26, 2013
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16.14%
"Inteesting that we have two revolutions / civil wars in progress in Egypt and Syria to compare. Seems some elements of the worst parts of the current situations were prominent in our revolution and its aftermath."
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September 2, 2013
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22.5%
"Focus on treatment of prisoners in Chapters 10-12. Interesting side note regarding General Charles Lee and his competition for the role as Commander and Chief."
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September 10, 2013
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31.82%
"Tension in the command structure seems inherent in a civilian controlled military operation. I side with civilian control. Washington would have destroyed NYC as militarily expedient with the resulting loss to history if not held in check by civilian control. As long as the population supports goals other than strict military efficiency in the conduct of war we can expect conflict. This seems to be a main theme"
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September 21, 2013
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40.23%
"Somewhat simplistic. Tends towards over emphasis on relativity to current military/security policy and practice."
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September 30, 2013
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64.77%
"Washington's dealing wtih civilians and treatment of Loyalists examined."
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October 14, 2013
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Finished Reading
