What was Washington's secret war?
Dave U. Random
Did Washington wage a secret war while he was at Valley
Forge? Yes and no. Against the British he had to maintain a
vigorous war of outposts while they occupied Philadelphia.
But the other war he had to fight was against his own
generals. In Thomas Fleming's "Washington's Secret War -
The Hidden History of Valley Forge" (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/SecretW ) Washington was not only threatened
from the British, but from increasing political enemies as
well. Thomas Conway, Thomas Mifflin and Hotatio Gates were
all ambitious officers with little military talent, but
great scheming abilities off the battlefield. Together this
trio of military politicos formed what would be known as
the Conway Cabal. With Congress discontented with
Washington's recent combat record, the way seemed open to
bring about his downfall...
Continued: http://xrl.us/SecWar