Valiant ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution

Preface: The fault line

Part I: The wilderness of untried things. Demons of fear and disorder ; The mosquito fleet ; A cabinet of fortitude ; The year of the hangman ; The dark eagle ; Saratoga

Part II: Secret motives and designs. The bite of a rattlesnake ; The knight of the burning mountain ; Unmerciful fangs ; The chasm ; The pangs of a dying man ; The crash ; No time for remorse

Epilogue: A nation of traitors

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration credits

Index.

The fault line

The wilderness of untried things. Demons of fear and disorder

The Mosquito Fleet

A cabinet of fortitude

The year of the hangman

The dark eagle

Saratoga

Secret motives and designs. The bite of a rattlesnake

The knight of the burning mountain

Unmerciful fangs

The chasm

The pangs of a dying man

The crash

No time for remorse

A nation of traitors.