Benedict Arnold
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Mr. Brumwell is the author of “Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
It turns out Benedict Arnold was a certified badass for America.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
The term predatory incursion is also used literally in writings of that period to refer to slightly smaller attacks like the 1781 Raid on Richmond led by American defector Benedict Arnold.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025
Benedict Arnold was 38 when he turned traitor against his nascent American country in the Revolutionary War.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Washington ordered Major “Light Horse Harry” Lee to take charge of what today would be called a special operation: the kidnapping of Benedict Arnold.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
