Dave R. Palmer

David R. Palmer is a former superintendent of West Point, a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army, a two-tour veteran of Vietnam, and an accomplished military historian specializing in the campaigns of George Washington and the eighteenth-century American army. He often appears as a commentator in television documentaries on the Revolutionary War period and its generals and is the author of many books, including George Washington and Benedict Arnold , The Summons of the Trumpet ...See more

David R. Palmer is a former superintendent of West Point, a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army, a two-tour veteran of Vietnam, and an accomplished military historian specializing in the campaigns of George Washington and the eighteenth-century American army. He often appears as a commentator in television documentaries on the Revolutionary War period and its generals and is the author of many books, including George Washington and Benedict Arnold , The Summons of the Trumpet , The Way of the Fox , and George Washington: First in War . A graduate of West Point and Duke University, he lives with his wife in Belton, Texas. See less