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  | | George Washington's Nemesis The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the American Revolution by Christian Mcburney Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2019 by Savas Beatie ISBN-13: 978-1-61121-465-9, ISBN: 1-61121-465-3 "Revolutionary War historians and biographers of Charles Lee have treated him as either an inveterate enemy of George Washington or a great defender of American liberty. Neither approach is accurate argues author Christian McBurney, who stresses that in order to fully understand the war’s most complicated general, objectivity is required. His new book, George Washington’s Nemesis: The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Courtmartial of Major G ..." |
 | | World War II Rhode Island (Military) by Christian Mcburney, Brian L. Wallin, Patrick T. Conley, Maureen Alice Taylor, John W. Kennedy Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2017 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4671-3690-7, ISBN: 1-4671-3690-5 "Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at Quonset Point. Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown. Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all o ..." |
 | | Abductions in the American Revolution Attempts to Kidnap George Washington, Benedict Arnold and Other Military and Civilian Leaders by Christian Mcburney Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2016 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-6364-7, ISBN: 1-4766-6364-5 "The tactic of kidnapping enemy leaders, used in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dates to the American Revolution. George Washington called such efforts "honorable" and supported attempts to kidnap the British commander-in-chief (twice), Benedict Arnold (after he turned traitor) and a future king of Great Britain. Washington in turn was targeted at his Morristown winter headquarters by British dragoons who crossed the frozen Hud ..." |
 | | World War II Rhode Island by Christian Mcburney, Brian L. Wallin, Patrick T. Conley Hardcover, 194 Pages, Published 2017 by History Press Library Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-5402-1617-5, ISBN: 1-5402-1617-9 "Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at Quonset Point. Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown. Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all o ..." |
 | | Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island (Military) by Christian Mcburney, Norman Desmarais, Varoujan Karentz Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2019 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4671-4186-4, ISBN: 1-4671-4186-0 "Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to present extraordinary personal stories of local contributions to the war effort. From John F. Kennedy's training as a PT boat commander at Melville to George H.W. Bush's training as a pilot at Charlestown, the smallest state played an oversized role preparing navy officers and sailors. Impor ..." |
 | | George Washington's Nemesis The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court-Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War by Christian Mcburney 336 Pages, Published 2019 by Casemate Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-61121-466-6, ISBN: 1-61121-466-1 "1 John Mercer Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 104 ( Grayson's brigades ordered to serve in this role); Evan Edwards Testimony, in ibid, 161 (Dickinson's militia ordered to serve in this role). 2 John Brooks Testimony, in ibid, ..." |
 | | Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island by Christian Mcburney, Norman Desmarais, Varoujan Karentz 144 Pages, Published 2019 by Arcadia Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4396-6832-0, ISBN: 1-4396-6832-9 "Two chapters would not have been possible without the assistance of Marjorie Johnston (Elisabeth Sheldon chapter) and Linda McAuliffe (Marie Duggins chapter). Historians David Kohnen and John Hattendorf of the Naval War College Museum ..." |
 | | Military Ser. World War II Rhode Island by Maureen A. Taylor, Patrick T. Conley, John W. Kennedy, Christian Mcburney, Brian L. Wallin 192 Pages, Published 2017 by Arcadia Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4396-6072-0, ISBN: 1-4396-6072-7 "One of twenty-two coastal transports known as APcs built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol from October 1942 to July 1943—an average of nearly one a week. Courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff and the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Rhode Island's most prodigious civilian effort was the building of. Herreshoff Manufacturing Company workers construct warships at the Bristol shipyard during the war. Courtesy of Halsey C. Herres ..." |
 | | Abductions in the American Revolution Attempts to Kidnap George Washington, Benedict Arnold and Other Military and Civilian Leaders by Christian Mcburney 232 Pages, Published 2016 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-2429-7, ISBN: 1-4766-2429-1 "18, 1776, quoted in McBurney, Kidnapping the Enemy, 45. 68. Quoted in ibid., 46 . 69. William Bradford's Recollections, Diary Entry, Jan. 1, 1777, in Dexter (ed.), Stiles Diary 2:106. 70. Ibid. This short description of the raid omits accounts of the raid by other participants, and does not include descriptions of the raid prior to the arrival of Harcourt at Widow White's Tavern or the trip back to Pennington. 71. Quoted in Barber a ..." |
 | | Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island by Christian M. Mcburney Hardcover, 162 Pages, Published 2014 by History Press Library Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-5402-1185-9, ISBN: 1-5402-1185-1 |
 | | Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay The Coast Guard’s War on Rumrunners (The History Press) by McBurney, Christian M. Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2023 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4671-4968-6, ISBN: 1-4671-4968-3 |
 | | Dark Voyage An American Privateer's War on Britain's African Slave Trade by McBurney, Christian M. Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2022 by Westholme Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-59416-382-1, ISBN: 1-59416-382-0 "This book is also the first study to detail the many captures American privateers made of British slave ships during the Revolutionary War." --" |
 | | Kidnapping the Enemy(1st Edition) The Special Operations to Capture Generals Charles Lee and Richard Prescott by Christian M. Mcburney Hardcover, 334 Pages, Published 2013 by Westholme Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-59416-183-4, ISBN: 1-59416-183-6 "The Daring Raid to Kidnap a British General in Order to Gain Freedom for the Highest Ranking Continental Officer Captured During the American RevolutionOn the night of December 12, 1776, while on a reconnaissance mission in New Jersey, Lieutenant Colonel William Harcourt and Cornet Banastre Tarleton of the British dragoons learned from Loyalist informers that Major General Charles Lee, the second-in-command in the Continental army behin ..." |
 | | The Rhode Island Campaign(Reprint) The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War by Christian M. Mcburney Paperback, 427 Pages, Published 2018 by Westholme Pub Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-59416-306-7, ISBN: 1-59416-306-5 "@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman";}@font-face { font-family: "Calibri";}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section"McBurney has written an important book. Using sources that have been heretofore overlooked, he provides a fresh, nuanced, and compel ..." |
 | | Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island by McBurney, Christian, Desmarais, Norman, Karentz, Varoujan Hard Cover, 226 Pages, Published 2019 by History Press Library Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-5402-4115-3, ISBN: 1-5402-4115-7 |
 | | The Rhode Island Campaign(1st Edition) The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War by Christian M. Mcburney Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2011 by Westholme Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-59416-134-6, ISBN: 1-59416-134-8 "@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section"McBurney has written an important book. Using sources that have been heretofore overlooked, he provides a fresh, nuanced, and ..." |
 | | Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island (War Era and Military) by Christian M. Mcburney Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2014 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62619-724-4, ISBN: 1-62619-724-5 |
 | | History of Kingston, R.I., 1700-1900 by Christian M. Mcburney Paperback, 375 Pages, Published 2004 by Pettaquamscutt Historical Society ISBN-13: 978-1-932433-35-7, ISBN: 1-932433-35-X |
 | | Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay The Coast Guard's War on Rumrunners by Christian M McBurney Hardcover, Published 2023 by History Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-5402-5733-8, ISBN: 1-5402-5733-9 |
 | | Military Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island by Christian M. Mcburney 160 Pages, Published 2014 by Arcadia Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-62585-255-7, ISBN: 1-62585-255-X "Heath continued: “British officers either of the army or navy in disguise, spies, or disaffected persons [i.e., Tories] may pass and repass with impunity and without the least danger of detection.” Heath probably realized that Rhode Island lacked the resources to pay for constant patrols along the entire southern coastline. Still, Heath requested that at the least a law be passed requiring all operators of boats arriving from Block ..." |
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