Author: Edward G. Longacre
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306816369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his weakness for alcohol, which exerted a major influence on both his military and civilian careers. Longacre, to a degree that no other historian has done before, investigates Grant's alcoholism in light of his devout religious affiliations, and the role these sometimes conflicting forces had on his military career and conduct. Longacre's conclusions present a new and surprising perspective on the ever-fascinating life of General Grant.
General Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Edward G. Longacre
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306816369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his weakness for alcohol, which exerted a major influence on both his military and civilian careers. Longacre, to a degree that no other historian has done before, investigates Grant's alcoholism in light of his devout religious affiliations, and the role these sometimes conflicting forces had on his military career and conduct. Longacre's conclusions present a new and surprising perspective on the ever-fascinating life of General Grant.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306816369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his weakness for alcohol, which exerted a major influence on both his military and civilian careers. Longacre, to a degree that no other historian has done before, investigates Grant's alcoholism in light of his devout religious affiliations, and the role these sometimes conflicting forces had on his military career and conduct. Longacre's conclusions present a new and surprising perspective on the ever-fascinating life of General Grant.
Great Military Leaders
Author: William T. Worthington
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590332757
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Great Military Leaders - A Bibliography with Vignettes
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590332757
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Great Military Leaders - A Bibliography with Vignettes
Special Bibliography
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
Author: Ulysses Simpson Grant
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327768
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327768
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture
Author: Alice Fahs
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807875813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time. The essays move among a variety of cultural and political arenas--from public monuments to parades to political campaigns; from soldiers' memoirs to textbook publishing to children's literature--in order to reveal important changes in how the memory of the Civil War has been employed in American life. Setting the politics of Civil War memory within a wide social and cultural landscape, this volume recovers not only the meanings of the war in various eras, but also the specific processes by which those meanings have been created. By recounting the battles over the memory of the war during the last 140 years, the contributors offer important insights about our identities as individuals and as a nation. Contributors: David W. Blight, Yale University Thomas J. Brown, University of South Carolina Alice Fahs, University of California, Irvine Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia J. Matthew Gallman, University of Florida Patrick J. Kelly, University of Texas, San Antonio Stuart McConnell, Pitzer College James M. McPherson, Princeton University Joan Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles LeeAnn Whites, University of Missouri Jon Wiener, University of California, Irvine
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807875813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time. The essays move among a variety of cultural and political arenas--from public monuments to parades to political campaigns; from soldiers' memoirs to textbook publishing to children's literature--in order to reveal important changes in how the memory of the Civil War has been employed in American life. Setting the politics of Civil War memory within a wide social and cultural landscape, this volume recovers not only the meanings of the war in various eras, but also the specific processes by which those meanings have been created. By recounting the battles over the memory of the war during the last 140 years, the contributors offer important insights about our identities as individuals and as a nation. Contributors: David W. Blight, Yale University Thomas J. Brown, University of South Carolina Alice Fahs, University of California, Irvine Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia J. Matthew Gallman, University of Florida Patrick J. Kelly, University of Texas, San Antonio Stuart McConnell, Pitzer College James M. McPherson, Princeton University Joan Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles LeeAnn Whites, University of Missouri Jon Wiener, University of California, Irvine
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-Friend
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Politics and Politicians of Illinois
Author: David W. Lusk
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 5
Author: John Y. Simon
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809306367
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809306367
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
Author: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Our First Ambassador to China
Author: Helen Henrietta Macartney Robbins
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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