[PDF] An American Iliad eBook

Author : Charles Pierce Roland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813123004

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" An updated edition of this concise yet comprehensive history of the Civil War, written by a distinguished historian of the conflict. Charles Roland skillfully interweaves the story of battles and campaigns with accounts of the major political, diplomatic, social, and cultural events of the epoch and insightful sketches of the leading actors. Of prime interest are the contrasts he draws between the opposing presidents and generals. What traits, he asks, made Lincoln superior to Davis as a war leader? How were Union military leaders able to forge a more effective fighting force, a more comprehensive strategy than their opponents? Roland's thoughtful anwers and his recognition of the contadictions of human nature and the interpaly of intention and chance raise this book above a mere recounting of military events. The story of the Civil War is the epic of the American people. Never has it been told more movingly.

Author : Charles Pierce Roland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,55 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813123004

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" An updated edition of this concise yet comprehensive history of the Civil War, written by a distinguished historian of the conflict. Charles Roland skillfully interweaves the story of battles and campaigns with accounts of the major political, diplomatic, social, and cultural events of the epoch and insightful sketches of the leading actors. Of prime interest are the contrasts he draws between the opposing presidents and generals. What traits, he asks, made Lincoln superior to Davis as a war leader? How were Union military leaders able to forge a more effective fighting force, a more comprehensive strategy than their opponents? Roland's thoughtful anwers and his recognition of the contadictions of human nature and the interpaly of intention and chance raise this book above a mere recounting of military events. The story of the Civil War is the epic of the American people. Never has it been told more movingly.

Author : Otto Eisenschiml
Publisher :
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 1997-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780788150043

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More than any other conflict the Civil War tore at the fabric of American life. Out of this shattering ordeal came many strange & interesting stories. This book gives us these stories in the participants' own words. The volume speaks with an immediacy that ordinary historical accounts can't rival. Here is a panorama of characters: Generals, aide-de-camps, & foot soldiers; reporters, politicians & housewives rub shoulders in the pages of this book. Each sees the war in a strongly personal way. Here we meet partisans of each side, the Blue & the Grey, & see the conflict through the eyes of those who lived & breathed it.

Author : Otto Eisenschiml
Publisher :
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781258922375

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This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.