A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution

In the war's waning days, the American Revolution neared collapse when Washington's senior officers were rumored to approach the edge of mutiny.

After the British surrender at Yorktown, the American Revolution blazed on, and as peace was negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The government was broke and paid its debts with loans from France. Political rivalry among the states paralyzed Congress. The army's officers, encamped near Newburgh, New York, and restless without an e...