Podcast appearances and mentions of Edward G Lengel

How well do we know George Washington, the man—and why have we created so many myths about him? We talk with Edward G. Lengel, award-winning author and teacher, and long-time editor-in-chief of the Washington Papers Project, about this well-known but enigmatic character. Ed Lengel has written about Washington the General, General George Washington:  A Military Life,  and about Washington the First Entrepreneur:  How George Washington Built his--and the Nation's--Prosperity , and about our continued invention of new Washington's to suit our times and tempers (Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory). We will explore the many facets of Washington and his long career—during his life and after—in American culture.Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

The British surrender at Yorktown isn't the end of the American War for Independence, but it's the end of the war in North America, and within another year the war overseas is also finished. With peace comes an end to the bloodshed, a chance to rebuild, and a turning point in many people's lives. But the end of the war is not the end of the American Revolution. Now that independence has been won, a new nation struggles to find its identity. In this episode, we'll talk about the Constitutional Convention, George Washington's presidency, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO RELEVANT HISTORY, AND NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! Relevant History Patreon: https://bit.ly/3vLeSpF Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/38bzOvo Subscribe on Apple Music (iTunes): https://apple.co/2SQnw4q Subscribe on Google Music: https://bit.ly/30hUTRD Relevant History on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3eRhdtk Relevant History on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Qk05mm Official website: https://bit.ly/3btvha4 Episode transcript (90% accurate): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRe4Yrdjcca4QDfc-Yx6AC2wZlnddMbmmbVEYUsKJe-pabERL3laolInY7oJvHR7ak-fMgdmLcb0pdm/pub Music credit: Sergey Cheremisinov - Black Swan PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: An American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781–1783 by William M. Fowler: https://amzn.to/3IUV8IF Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift by Thomas E. Chavez: https://amzn.to/40V0XN1 The American Revolution: A Global War by Richard Ernest Dupuy: https://amzn.to/3K8K8at Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution by Dan L. Morrill: https://amzn.to/3KOJtwJ 100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present, by Paul K Davis: https://amzn.to/3BBx1Ld George Washington – A Military Life by Edward G Lengel: https://amzn.to/3Jc5kMs General George Washington: A Military Life by Edward G. Lengel: https://amzn.to/3lowoQB Valiant ambition : George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick: https://amzn.to/3yLXmoe The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon by John Ferling: https://amzn.to/3JOdJXJ Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner: https://amzn.to/3Lv5bqb

In 1780, the American War for Independence is at a stalemate. The British, eager to crush the rebellion once and for all, decide to change strategies and invade the American south. There, they will face not just the Continental Army, but also the backwoods militia who dominate the inland United States.   Meanwhile, the French and the Spanish will deal blow after blow to the British Empire, threatening not just Britain's status in North America, but her dominance over world trade. With few friends on the world stage, Parliament faces a bitter truth: to save the Empire, they must sacrifice the Thirteen Colonies.   Map of the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War: https://www.battlefields.org/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_original/public/thumbnails/image/Southern-Campaign-Map-%28June-2020%29.jpg?itok=BHGUi5Z5   SUBSCRIBE TO RELEVANT HISTORY, AND NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!   Relevant History Patreon: https://bit.ly/3vLeSpF Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/38bzOvo   Subscribe on Apple Music (iTunes): https://apple.co/2SQnw4q Subscribe on Google Music: https://bit.ly/30hUTRD Relevant History on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3eRhdtk Relevant History on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Qk05mm Official website: https://bit.ly/3btvha4 Episode transcript (90% accurate): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR_3pYtLMjmaO6VOaFPuVsoXKJZ1Rv71vxXrxbdM_xVoOAYweMlT7BmPdvOaEvO-r9QRlTzTKFgMZjY/pub Music credit: Sergey Cheremisinov - Black Swan   PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift by Thomas E. Chavez: https://amzn.to/40V0XN1 The American Revolution: A Global War by Richard Ernest Dupuy: https://amzn.to/3K8K8at Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution by Dan L. Morrill: https://amzn.to/3KOJtwJ 100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present, by Paul K Davis: https://amzn.to/3BBx1Ld George Washington – A Military Life by Edward G Lengel: https://amzn.to/3Jc5kMs General George Washington: A Military Life by Edward G. Lengel: https://amzn.to/3lowoQB Valiant ambition : George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick: https://amzn.to/3yLXmoe The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon by John Ferling: https://amzn.to/3JOdJXJ Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner: https://amzn.to/3Lv5bqb

In the years 1778 and 1779, the American revolutionaries work to keep the British army bottled up in New York City. At the same time, the British open a second offensive in the southern states, and encourage their Native American allies to open up a series of small frontier wars in the American West. The American revolutionaries are also aided by new friends. For the first time, the French take an active role against the British. Sensing opportunity, Spain jumps on the bandwagon, hoping to retake their lost territory of Gibraltar. What began as a local uprising in the colonies is now an international war that threatens to bring the British Empire to its knees.   SUBSCRIBE TO RELEVANT HISTORY, AND NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! Relevant History Patreon: https://bit.ly/3vLeSpF Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/38bzOvo Subscribe on Apple Music (iTunes): https://apple.co/2SQnw4q Subscribe on Google Music: https://bit.ly/30hUTRD Relevant History on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3eRhdtk Relevant History on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Qk05mm Official website: https://bit.ly/3btvha4 Episode transcript (90% accurate): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRzzs6to_BPTh0nNQ3VJlhjg4VW4R8tEHcA5ZS17YhHvmBM03v7aYitMponUurYQFg-vEFfyyN8rtuS/pub Music credit: Sergey Cheremisinov - Black Swan   PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: George Washington – A Military Life by Edward G Lengel: https://amzn.to/3Jc5kMs Navies and the American Revolution 1775-1783 by Robert Gardiner: https://amzn.to/3yth7AW The Conquest of the Illinois by George Rogers Clark: https://amzn.to/3l51NY6 General George Washington: A Military Life by Edward G. Lengel: https://amzn.to/3lowoQB Valiant ambition : George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick: https://amzn.to/3yLXmoe Portrait of a General: Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence by William Bradford Willcox: https://amzn.to/3lhVKjf The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon by John Ferling: https://amzn.to/3JOdJXJ The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War by David Syrett: https://amzn.to/3LBVKoP Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner: https://amzn.to/3Lv5bqb Gibraltar and its Sieges, with a Description of its Natural Features by Frederic George Stephens: https://amzn.to/3Lt5AcG

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With the Germans reeling from repeated Allied offensives, the German army and society begins to fall apart. Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 1918 the Allies would attack along the entire front, pushing the Germans to the brink. Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a disastrous start in late September there was only one possible course of action for the Americans at the Meuse-Argonne. Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amidst our very large story, we zoom in to talk about the events of a single battalion that ends up getting lost. Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Americans give it a go in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and they found out that actually this whole war thing is pretty hard. Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The French and British had already launched their attacks, and now it was time for the Americans to join it, at a place called St. Mihiel Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After August 8th the attacks at Amiens would continue, and after attacks would be launched all along the front. Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On August 8th the Allied attack at Amiens would begin, it would not be a good day for the German Army Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: http://buymeacoffee.com/greatwar Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell Tanks in the Hundred Days 1918 - A Diminishing Resource by Roger Blaber The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens 8th August 1918 by Charles Messenger Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I by Mitchell Yockelson The Real Controller of the Battle: The Importance of Studying Tactical Battalion Command -- A Case Study by William Westerman With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson A World Remade by G.J. Meyer To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War by Edward G. Lengel A World Undone by G.J. Meyer Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War 1 by Nick Lloyd The First World War by John Keegan Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Combat historian, bestselling author, and public speaker Patrick K. O'Donnell has written ten critically acclaimed books that recount the epic stories of America's wars from the Revolution to Iraq. He is a premier expert on elite and special operations units and irregular warfare. O'Donnell's books are described as "nonfiction that read like fiction." "Perhaps no war in American history has been more difficult to see through soldiers' eyes than the Revolutionary War. Patrick O'Donnell brings their experiences to life for twenty-first century readers in a way that no other historian has managed to do, accomplishing for the Revolutionary War what Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers did for World War II. The 1st Maryland Regiment participated in some of the most important battles of the war, gradually progressing from ordinary to elite status. Its story is the story of how the people of the United States became free." -Edward G. Lengel, editor in chief of The Papers of George Washington and author of General George Washington

On April 7 at noon, Edward G. Lengel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Thunder and Flames: American Doughboys at War, 1917–1918." In November 1917, American troops were poorly trained, deficient in military equipment and doctrine, not remotely ready for armed conflict on a large scale—and they'd arrived on the Western front to help the French push back the Germans. Edward G. Lengel tells the story of what followed: the American Expeditionary Forces' trial by fire on the brutal battlefields of France at places like Cantigny, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the Marne River, Soissons, and little-known Fismette. The picture that emerges is sweeping in scope and rich in detail, with firsthand testimony conjuring the real mud and blood of combat from the perspective of the Germans as well as the Americans and French. Lengel shows how, by trial and error, through luck and ingenuity, the AEF swiftly became the independent fighting force of Gen. John "Blackjack" Pershing's long-held dream—its divisions ultimately among the most combat-effective military forces to see the war through. Edward G. Lengel is professor and director of the Papers of George Washington project at the University of Virginia. He is the author of General George Washington: A Military Life (2005), To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War (2008), Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory (2011), and Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917–1918 (2015).

On April 7, 2016, Edward G. Lengel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Thunder and Flames: American Doughboys at War, 1917–1918." In November 1917, American troops were poorly trained, deficient in military equipment and doctrine, not remotely ready for armed conflict on a large scale—and they'd arrived on the Western front to help the French push back the Germans. Edward G. Lengel tells the story of what followed: the American Expeditionary Forces' trial by fire on the brutal battlefields of France at places like Cantigny, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, the Marne River, Soissons, and little-known Fismette. The picture that emerges is sweeping in scope and rich in detail, with firsthand testimony conjuring the real mud and blood of combat from the perspective of the Germans as well as the Americans and French. Lengel shows how, by trial and error, through luck and ingenuity, the AEF swiftly became the independent fighting force of Gen. John "Blackjack" Pershing's long-held dream—its divisions ultimately among the most combat-effective military forces to see the war through. Edward G. Lengel is professor and director of the Papers of George Washington project at the University of Virginia. He is the author of General George Washington: A Military Life (2005), To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War (2008), Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory (2011), and Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917–1918 (2015). The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

On February 24, 2011, Ed Lengel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory." In Inventing George Washington, Edward G. Lengel shows how the former president and war hero continued to serve his nation on two distinct levels after his death. The public Washington evolved into an eternal symbol as the "Father of His Country," while the private man remained at the periphery of the national vision for successive generations. As some exalted Washington, others sought to bring him down to the earth, thus creating a series of competing mythologies that depicted Washington as every imaginable sort of human being. Dr. Lengel is editor-in-chief of the Washington Papers Project and a professor of history at the University of Virginia. (Introduction by Paul A. Levengood) The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

On September 17, 2009, Edward G. Lengel delivered a lecture on his book Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Battle That Ended World War I. After four years of stalemate on the Western Front, a final Allied push broke the German army in autumn 1918. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive represented the war's largest commitment of American troops to battle and helped pave the way to German capitulation in November. In To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918, Edward G. Lengel tells the epic tale of American soldiers in the final campaign of World War I. Dr. Lengel is associate professor of history at UVA and an editor of the Papers of George Washington. (Introduction by Nelson D. Lankford) The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

On February 24, 2011, Ed Lengel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled 'Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory.' In 'Inventing George Washington,' Edward G. Lengel shows how the former president and war hero continued to serve his nation on two distinct levels after his death. The public Washington evolved into an eternal symbol as the "Father of His Country," while the private man remained at the periphery of the national vision for successive generations. As some exalted Washington, others sought to bring him down to the earth, thus creating a series of competing mythologies that depicted Washington as every imaginable sort of human being. Dr. Lengel is editor-in-chief of the Washington Papers Project and a professor of history at the University of Virginia. (Introduction by Paul A. Levengood)

"Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory" discussion by author Edward G. Lengel

On September 17, 2009, Edward G. Lengel delivered a lecture on his book 'To Conquer Hell Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Battle That Ended World War I.' After four years of stalemate on the Western Front, a final Allied push broke the German army in autumn 1918. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive represented the war's largest commitment of American troops to battle and helped pave the way to German capitulation in November. In To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918, Edward G. Lengel tells the epic tale of American soldiers in the final campaign of World War I. Dr. Lengel is associate professor of history at UVA and an editor of the Papers of George Washington. (Introduction by Nelson D. Lankford)