The Ides of War: George Washington and the Newburgh Crisis

A history and analysis of how George Washington stopped an attempted military coup at the end of the American Revolutionary War.

History tells us that on a day when the forces of civil government confront the forces of military might, no one knows what may follow. Americans believe that they have avoided this moment, that whatever other challenges the country has faced, at least it never has had to deal with the prospects of a coup d'état. Stephen Howard Browne maintains that this view is m...