During the American Revolution, Washington's analytical reasoning style helped to win the day, because it was exactly what was needed for an underdog challenger to win a war of attrition. It was a consciously adopted strategy he used to improve his odds of success
his winning strategy:
The book proclaims the thesis that General Washington developed the essential strategy to win the war (I) by holding the Continental Army together, fighting only enough to goad the British into errors, and (ii) by developing that Continental Army into a core professional fighting force that could cover for unreliable