At the Outset of the Revolutionary War, America, when compared to the British, Lacked in every aspect of National Power, to include a strategy for the war. By September of 1776, General George Washington combined his pre-revolutionary war Military experiences with the Leasons he learned from the initial battles with the British to develop a winning strategy for fighting the British. This book analyzes General George Washington as the central figure in the Formulation of American Strategy and Traces the development of that strategy through Washington's youth to the raids at Trenton and Princeton.