This past weekend marked the 250th anniversary of an event that has resonance with more recent events. On July 9, 1755, a strong British force led by Gen. Edward Braddock was defeated and slain by a ...
"David L. Preston's gripping account of Braddock's Defeat, also known as the Battle of the Monongahela, is the most authoritative ever written. Using previously untapped sources, Preston's work ...