Valiant ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution

Preface: The fault line

Part I: The wilderness of untried things

Chapter One: Demons of fear and disorder

Chapter Two: The mosquito fleet

Chapter Three: A cabinet of fortitude

Chapter Four: The year of the hangman

Chapter Five: The dark eagle

Chapter Six: Saratoga

Part II: Secret motives and designs

Chapter Seven: The bite of a rattlesnake

Chapter Eight: The knight of the burning mountain

Chapter Nine: Unmerciful fangs

Chapter Ten: The chasm

Chapter Eleven: The pangs of a dying man

Chapter Twelve: The crash

Chapter Thirteen: No time for remorse

Epilogue: A nation of traitors.

Part I. The wilderness of untried things ; Demons of fear and disorder ; The mosquito fleet ; A cabinet of fortitude ; The year of the hangman ; The dark eagle ; Saratoga

Part II. Secret motives and designs ; The bite of a rattlesnake ; The knight of the burning mountain ; Unmerciful fangs ; The chasm ; The pangs of a dying man ; The crash ; No time for remorse

Epilogue : a nation of traitors.