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Commanding the Storm: Civil War Battles In The Words Of The Generals Who Fought Them
John Richard Stephens
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Description for Commanding the Storm: Civil War Battles In The Words Of The Generals Who Fought Them
hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 46.
From Beauregard and Custer to Lee and Sherman, twelve commanders from each side vividly describe what they and their men experienced at twelve of the war's most legendary battles from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House in accounts gathered from letters, memoirs, reports, and testimonies. They relate noted incidents and personal triumphs and tragedies while covering strategies and explaining battlefield decisions. Trench warfare at Petersburg and Sherman's scorched earth policy in Georgia foreshadowed the world wars to come, and technological advancements—such as armored steamships, landmines, and machine guns—literally changed the landscape of war. Submarines and a time bomb even came ... Read more
From Beauregard and Custer to Lee and Sherman, twelve commanders from each side vividly describe what they and their men experienced at twelve of the war's most legendary battles from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House in accounts gathered from letters, memoirs, reports, and testimonies. They relate noted incidents and personal triumphs and tragedies while covering strategies and explaining battlefield decisions. Trench warfare at Petersburg and Sherman's scorched earth policy in Georgia foreshadowed the world wars to come, and technological advancements—such as armored steamships, landmines, and machine guns—literally changed the landscape of war. Submarines and a time bomb even came ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lyons Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Guilford, United States
ISBN
9780762782239
SKU
V9780762782239
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99-15
About John Richard Stephens
John Richard Stephens trained as an intelligence officer and held numerous positions in the U.S. Air Force, including group-level executive officer and squadron commander. The author of sixteen books, including Weird History 101; The Wild, Wild West; and Wyatt Earp Speaks!, he lives on Maui, Hawaii.
Reviews for Commanding the Storm: Civil War Battles In The Words Of The Generals Who Fought Them
"This will bring Civil War history alive."—Library Journal