S8 Ep328: THE BATTLE FOR NEW YORK AND THE STANDING MIRACLE Colleague Joseph Ellis. Washington moved the army to New York to uphold civilian control, despite the location being militarily indefensible. Ellis notes that the Howe brothers, hoping to negotiate peace, h
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
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| 0:44.7 | I'm John Bachelor with Professor Joseph Ellis. |
| 0:46.4 | The new book is The Cause. |
| 0:52.1 | And this is a view of the war fast forward because the people participating in this war are thinking about it all the time. |
| 0:53.7 | They don't even see it as a war. |
| 0:55.2 | It's seen as a rebellion in London. It's seen as the cause in Boston. However, other cities, |
| 1:01.6 | New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, have different opinions and we'll touch upon them as we go forward. |
| 1:07.8 | There is a battle, though, that will determine everybody's early thinking. |
| 1:11.9 | That's Bunker Hill, where the British are badly beaten up, though they win the day by driving |
| 1:18.8 | off the militia. Now comes George Washington to take command, and he wants, he sees, his vision |
| 1:25.7 | is for an army, a disciplined army. |
| 1:29.7 | The British make a decision to withdraw from Boston as guns, as cannon arrive, that they've, |
| 1:36.3 | that they've founded Fort Ticonderoga and hauled over the mountains. |
| 1:39.9 | The commander understands that he must leave, How the William Howe of the Howe brothers remains behind. |
| 1:48.2 | And he is ordered or the decision is made by London. |
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