by Alan Cate (Author)

American independence was won not just with ideas and words, but also through force of arms. A key element of that battlefield victory was the combat leadership provided by a fierce list of hard-fighting warriors at the regimental, brigade, and division echelons or their naval equivalents. Founding Fighters recounts the stories of fifteen of the American Revolution's most important and colorful battlefield commanders. Collectively, these men participated in virtually all of the war's significant battles and campaigns. They experienced the conflict in all its variants: conventional contest between opposing armies, brutal guerilla struggle between partisans and regulars, frontier and naval fighting, and civil war pitting neighbors, and even family members against each other. These founding fighters helped win stunning victories, knew ignominious defeats, and suffered physical and spiritual privation through times when ultimate victory and independence appeared impossibly remote.

Author Biography

Alan C. Cate teaches history at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a Masters Degree in American history from Stanford University. He is also a graduate of the Ecole Superieure de Guerre in Paris, and was a National Security Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. During a 25 career as an infantry officer, Cate not only commanded at levels ranging from a small Special Forces team to a 1000-soldier battalion, but he also taught history at West Point and served on the faculties of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.) and the Army War College (Carlisle Barracks, Penn.). He has published numerous articles on American military history.

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