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Join Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson and General David H. Petraeus for an illuminating conversation about The Fate of the Day, the second volume in Atkinson’s acclaimed Revolutionary War trilogy. Covering the desperate years from 1777–1780, the book chronicles Washington’s army fighting on the knife’s edge of survival. General Petraeus brings military expertise to analyzing revolutionary strategy, while Atkinson reveals the vivid storytelling that brings this pivotal period to life for modern readers.