The Importance of Spies to Washington's Success

Abstract

The American Revolutionary War alluded to as the American War of Independence, and the Revolutionary War in the United States was a clash between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American provinces. The result of this war proclaimed freedom of those colonies as the United States of America. General George Washington's military prowess was instrumental to the militaries success during the war. Many strategies contributed to this achievement, but the use of spies had played a pivotal role in the success or failures of armies, nations, governments, and global warfare for centuries and this was no less true during the Revolutionary War. This paper will discuss an overview of the Revolutionary War, intelligence during the war; the role women played during the conflict and other factors of the war. George Washingtons dependence on espionage was critical to his overall success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 2017
Accession Number
AD1117267

Entities

People

  • Quinnus G. Caldwell

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • American Revolution
  • California
  • Communication Networks
  • Communities
  • Eavesdropping
  • Espionage
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Community
  • Military Strategy
  • Networks
  • New York
  • North America
  • North Carolina
  • Revolutions
  • Shortages (Logistics)
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.