Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor

An extremely brave and competent general, Arnold was not easy to get along with and therefore alienated the politicians who could have mentored him. His actions of leading from the front allowed him to adapt to the enemies battle plans. It also put him in mortal danger. His off the field heroics and need for money put him in the situation to try to give up the Fort on the Hudson to the British. He spent his last days as a British Officer and his name is always aligned with a treasonous attitude. ( )

One Amazon Reviewer calls this "This is perhaps the best single volume biography available on Benedict Arnold ". Since I have not read any mroe I tend to concur. Knowing as little as I do about the Revolution I assume he had been captured and hung, and not expected him to the turn his fighting skills to the benefit of the British and, living in England, continue his prewar vocation, trading across the Atlantic. Not a nice man, but a man with more bow. Quite a contrast to Washington who had trusted him. ( )