Arnold Whitridge, Rochambeau, 1st Ed.

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Arnold Whitridge introduces us to the neglected founding father with the biography Rochambeau.

If Le Comte de Rochambeau lacks the sex appeal of LaFayette, it is not because his services were less valuable to General Washington. Rochambeau was within months of retirement from a distinguished military career in service of the French crown when he was ordered to command the expeditionary force in support of the American Revolution. Upon arrival in the New World the nobleman took to the American cause and became a close confidant of Washington. His cooperation during the Yorktown Campaign proved decisive in the defeat of Cornwallis.

Arnold Whitridge writes of a long and exciting career of a true beau sabreur who served both a monarchy and a republic with equal distinction.

Clipped dust jacket; lightly sunned; else very good.

Whitridge, Arnold. Rochambeau. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. 1st edition, 340p., illustrations, maps.