Joseph J. Ellis Quote

He was responsible for administering an army that lacked time-tested procedures and routinized policies, so every decision became an improvisational act.

Joseph J. Ellis

He was responsible for administering an army that lacked time-tested procedures and routinized policies, so every decision became an improvisational act.

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About Joseph J. Ellis

Joseph John-Michael Ellis III (born July 18, 1943) is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award in 1997 and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. Both of these books were bestsellers.