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From 1775 through 1777, George Washington and Benedict Arnold were America's two most famous warriors. Their preceding lives had astonishingly parallel paths. They were strong market leaders in combat, they respected and respected each other, and they even distributed common enemies. Yet one became our greatest hero and the other our most notorious traitor. Why? Author and military services historian Dave Palmer shows the answer: character. Within this attractive and unique dual biography, Palmer also shows:
- How Arnold's treason actually helped the Patriot cause
- Why Arnold and Washington's amazingly similar backgrounds, family influences, youthful experience, and "self-made'' position led to strikingly different results their lives
- How in four well-defined steps Arnold travelled from hero to traitor