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b'Benedict Arnold committed treason\\u2014 for more than two centuries, that\\u2019s all that most Americans have known about him.

Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat\\u2014his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era.

Today\\u2019s guest is Jack Kelly, author of \\u201cGod Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America\\u2019s Most Hated Man.\\u201d We look at Arnold\\u2019s rush of audacious feats\\u2014his capture of Fort Ticonderoga, his Maine mountain expedition to attack Quebec, the famous artillery brawl at Valcour Island, the turning-point battle at Saratoga\\u2014that laid the groundwork for our independence.

Arnold was a superb leader, a brilliant tactician, a supremely courageous military officer. He was also imperfect, disloyal, villainous. One of the most paradoxical characters in American history, and one of the most interesting.
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