The Master’s Illusion: George Washington, General Heath, and the “Great Bluff” Hoax of August 1776
In late August 1776, the embryonic...
The Morristown Ledger: George Washington’s Art of Deception and the Dinner-Table Disinformation Gambit of 1777
During the dark, frigid winter of...
The Fountain of Intelligence: George Washington and the 1777 Genesis of the New York Secret Service
In the wake of the Continental...
The Spy in the Envoy’s Cloak: George Washington’s 1753 Reconnaissance of Fort Le Boeuf
The Imperial Prelude and the Commission...
The Ohio Mission of 1753: George Washington, Native Intelligence, and the Imperial Clash in the Wilderness
In the late autumn of 1753,...
The Assunpink Deception: George Washington’s Decoy Campfires and the Masterstroke at Princeton
On the cold afternoon of January...
John Adams, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the Fragility of Liberty
To understand the current crisis of...
George Washington, the Restraint of Power, and the Frailty of the Republic
The historical memory of George Washington...
State Constitutions and the Rise of General Incorporation
In the early decades of the...
