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At Gettysburg and Elsewhere (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : General John Gibbon
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781519041906
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book At Gettysburg and Elsewhere (Expanded, Annotated) written by General John Gibbon and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important figures of the American Civil War penned this fascinating and unique memoir. John Gibbon's recollections of his service at Gettysburg and other great battles is frank and personal. This is not an overview of great battles but a soldier's account of the trials and triumphs of four years of horrific conflict. Gibbon wrote plainly about the great men with whom he served, some of whom he greatly admired and some who were difficult. Here are anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Meade, Hancock, Hooker, Pope, and many others that you won't read anywhere else. Gibbon was a central figure at Gettysburg, with Pickett's Charge aimed right at the forces he commanded. Wounded on the third day of the battle, he supplemented his memoir with portions of the outstanding narrative of that day by his aide, Lieutenant Frank Haskell. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

Under Five Commanders in the Civil War (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Jacob H. Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781976909085
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Under Five Commanders in the Civil War (Expanded, Annotated) written by Jacob H. Cole and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Jacob Cole watched commanders come and go throughout the American Civil War, he remained steadfastly on the front lines at places like Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, and Antietam. Like many men of his generation, he was able to capture the humor, sorrow, and horror of that bloodiest of American conflicts in this wonderful 1906 memoir.Shortly after the firing on Fort Sumter and the call for volunteers, 14-year-old Cole enlisted on the 24th day of August, 1861, at New York City in Company A, Fifty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry. He also served with the First Fire Zouaves, made up of New York firemen. He wore the unconventional uniform of the Zouaves but his experiences were like every other fighter who remained in to the end. He saw action at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and elsewhere.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

On the Trail of Crazy Horse (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : John Frederick Finerty
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Trail of Crazy Horse (Expanded, Annotated) written by John Frederick Finerty and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without question, one of the premier classic books on the American Indian Wars. John Frederick Finerty was a famous journalist for the Chicago "Times" who went into the field to report on the U.S. government's efforts to force Native Americans onto reservations. In 1876, Finerty was with General George Crook's forces at the Battle of the Rosebud. Part of Crook's aim was to connect with George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn. It never happened and Custer was killed along with five companies of his regiment by Crazy Horse, Gall, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face and other leaders. A teenage refugee from the Irish revolutionary movement, Finerty immigrated to the U.S. in 1864 and signed up to fight in the Civil War. By 1870 he was writing for newspapers, eventually making a national name for himself. He repeatedly went to the West to cover the Indian Wars and wrote with great intelligence, humor, and compassion about what he saw. Always self-deprecating and sardonic, he nevertheless had this to say to would-be Western journalists: “Let no easy-going journalist suppose that an Indian campaign is a picnic. If he goes out on such business he must go prepared to ride his forty or fifty miles a day, go sometimes on half rations, sleep on the ground with small covering, roast, sweat, freeze, and make the acquaintance of such vermin or reptiles as may flourish in the vicinity of his couch; and, finally, be ready to fight Sitting Bull or Satan when the trouble begins, for God and the United States hate non-combatants.” His conclusions about the Indian War included this: "White greed is not by any means satisfied, even though the fairest portion of the Sioux reservations have been given up to settlement...we of the Caucasian race must confess, however reluctantly, that even the red Indian has some rights on the soil which bore him that the whites are bound to respect." You'll have a hard time putting this one down. Expanded and heavily annotated with information about events and people. Every memoir of the Old West provides us with another view of an era that changed America forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Army Life in Chamberlain's 20th Maine (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Theodore Gerrish
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Army Life in Chamberlain's 20th Maine (Expanded, Annotated) written by Theodore Gerrish and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every great battle takes on new perspectives and meaning when viewed from the prone position of the private soldier, as opposed to the broad sweep of after-battle reports. Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Spottslyvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg...Theodore Gerrish was at them all with Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 20th Maine Regiment. His vivid, compassionate, and often humorous telling is from the spot on the field where the minie-balls are thickest and the cannonading is deafening. This is one of the best private-soldier memoirs of the American Civil War in its scope and its minute details. The views Gerrish provides at the end of famous officers as seen from the private soldier's point of view include Grant, Meade, Hooker, Josuah Lawrence Chamberlain, and others with whom he came in contact. Some of the humor: “Chaplain, will you be kind enough to tell me what the two capital letters, B.C., stand for, when they are printed together upon anything?” “O, yes. It means before the birth of our Saviour, previous to the beginning of the Christian era.” He proceeded to give quite a profound theological exposition of the matter, and then inquired, “Why did you ask so unusual a question?” “O, nothin’,” answered the innocent Dick, “only we have seen it stamped on these sheets of hard-tack, and were curious to know why it was there.” Of the African-Americans who fought, Gerrish says: "As these two races march beside each other in the struggle of life, we only ask and demand that those who, in their poverty, did all they could to save the nation and assist its defenders, shall not be deprived of their sacred rights." Front-line letters and diaries of the Civil War bring an immediacy to a long-ago event and connect us to these everyday men and women who lived it. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3-August 1, 1863

Author : Richard Allen Sauers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935523874
Total Pages : 703 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3-August 1, 1863 written by Richard Allen Sauers and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Soldiers' Civil War Letters (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Various Soldiers
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldiers' Civil War Letters (Expanded, Annotated) written by Various Soldiers and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-11-19 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no army in history, prior to the American Civil War, left such a remarkable and voluminous collection of letters to home during the years 1861 to 1865. This collection is one of the best. Men from all walks of life and all ranks in the service are represented here over the span of the entire war. The famous and anonymous are included—personal stories of great battles and humorous stories of army life. You'll find pathos, sorrow, fear, and great courage detailed in these letters. Most soldiers were very humble and modest about their own accomplishments but spoke of their comrades with love and admiration. Common soldiers often made remarkable observations. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Ends of War

Author : Caroline E. Janney
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469663384
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Ends of War written by Caroline E. Janney and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army of Northern Virginia's chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confederates had pushed west at a relentless pace for nearly a week, thousands of wounded and exhausted men fell out of the ranks. When word spread that Lee planned to surrender, most remaining troops stacked their arms and accepted paroles allowing them to return home, even as they lamented the loss of their country and cause. But others broke south and west, hoping to continue the fight. Fearing a guerrilla war, Grant extended the generous Appomattox terms to every rebel who would surrender himself. Provost marshals fanned out across Virginia and beyond, seeking nearly 18,000 of Lee's men who had yet to surrender. But the shock of Lincoln's assassination led Northern authorities to see threats of new rebellion in every rail depot and harbor where Confederates gathered for transport, even among those already paroled. While Federal troops struggled to keep order and sustain a fragile peace, their newly surrendered adversaries seethed with anger and confusion at the sight of Union troops occupying their towns and former slaves celebrating freedom. In this dramatic new history of the weeks and months after Appomattox, Caroline E. Janney reveals that Lee's surrender was less an ending than the start of an interregnum marked by military and political uncertainty, legal and logistical confusion, and continued outbursts of violence. Janney takes readers from the deliberations of government and military authorities to the ground-level experiences of common soldiers. Ultimately, what unfolds is the messy birth narrative of the Lost Cause, laying the groundwork for the defiant resilience of rebellion in the years that followed.

Adventures on the Western Frontier

Author : John Gibbon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608210315
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Adventures on the Western Frontier written by John Gibbon and published by . This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diary of a Confederate Chaplain (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Rev. Alexanders D. Betts DD
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Diary of a Confederate Chaplain (Expanded, Annotated) by : Rev. Alexanders D. Betts DD

Download or read book Diary of a Confederate Chaplain (Expanded, Annotated) written by Rev. Alexanders D. Betts DD and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "C. H. Ruffin, of Nash Co., wounded yesterday. Dies in my arms—in perfect peace. Charlie enlisted at 17, and, perhaps, was the wildest boy in his Regiment." Secular or religious, you will find Alexander Betts' diary from his service in the American Civil War moving, interesting, and illuminating of its time. Edited and published by his son in 1901, the diary entries provide fascinating details from everyday life during the war in the south. Betts barely mentions slavery, never mentions the names "Lincoln" or "Grant." He was referred to by Robert E. Lee as "that model chaplain." He attended to the spiritual needs of soldiers, yes, but also held many a dying man to comfort him. He was as devoted in his care to captured and wounded Union soldiers as his own. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine

Author : Thomas A. Desjardin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199700249
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine written by Thomas A. Desjardin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and crucial military actions in American history, one of the key engagements that led to the North's victory at Gettysburg. In this powerfully narrated history, Maine historian Tom Desjardin tells the story of the 20th Maine Regiment, the soldiers who fought and won the battle of Little Round Top. This engaging work is the culmination of years of detailed research on the experiences of the soldiers in that regiment, telling the complete story of the unit in the Gettysburg Campaign, from June 21 through July 10, 1863. Desjardin uses more than seventy first-hand accounts to tell the story of this campaign in critical detail. He brings the personal experiences of the soldiers to life, relating the story from both sides and revealing the actions and feelings of the men from Alabama who tried, in vain, to seize Little Round Top. Indeed, ranging from the lowest ranking private to the highest officers, this book explores the terrible experiences of war and their tragic effect. Following the regiment through the campaign enables readers to understand fully the soldiers' feelings towards the enemy, towards citizens of both North and South, and towards the commanders of the two armies. In addition, this book traces the development of the legend of Gettysburg, as veterans of the fight struggle to remember, grasp, and memorialize their part in the largest battle ever fought on the continent. With a new preface and updated maps and illustrations, Stand Firm Ye Boys of Maine offers a compelling account of one of the most crucial small engagements of the Civil War.

Northwestern Fights and Fighters (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Cyrus Townsend Brady
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Northwestern Fights and Fighters (Expanded, Annotated) written by Cyrus Townsend Brady and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 1907-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important collections of first-hand accounts of the Indian wars of the west is contained in this volume. Not as famous as the Little Bighorn fight, the Nez Perce and Modoc Wars were prominent conflicts between whites and Native Americans that brought the period of Indian Wars to a close. Included in this book are accounts by Chief Joseph, Edward Godfrey, General O.O. Howard, and others who fought in what was then considered the northwest: Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and California. An account and analysis of the Custer fight is also in this book, as is a letter by Libby Custer to the New York Times protesting the depiction of her late husband. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the conflicts that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Wilbur F Crummer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg (Expanded, Annotated) written by Wilbur F Crummer and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was neighbor, acquaintance, and fellow churchgoer with Ulysses S. Grant after the American Civil War. His lively account of his war experiences are exciting, absorbing, tragic, and humorous. What sets Wilbur Crummer's Civil War memoir apart from that of hundreds of others by Union line soldiers was his proximity to General Grant. Both of them were Illinois residents at the outbreak of war and Crummer's enlistment in the 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry put him under Grant's command for some of the most important battles of the war. Crummer was there at Fort Donelson, the battle that brought Grant to national fame and to the eventual remark by Abraham Lincoln, "I can't spare this man. He fights." Crummer was at bloody Shiloh, a Union victory that nevertheless nearly derailed Grant's military career due to its horrific loss of life. And Crummer was at what is considered by many to be the most brilliant campaign of the war: Vicksburg. Today, Grant's capture of Vicksburg is overshadowed by Meade's victory at Gettysburg just one day prior. But Grant's accomplishment was essential to winning the war for the Union. Two days before Vicksburg surrendered, Wilbur Crummer was severely wounded by a sharpshooter's bullet through the lung. He spent the rest of the war recovering. After the war, Crummer spent much time up close to the great general in Galena, Illinois. He was for a time in the employ of William Ruben Rowley, (1824-1886), a good friend and neighbor of Grant who had served on his wartime staff. He pays glowing tribute to both in the final chapter of this book.

Army Life in Chamberlain's 20th Maine (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Rev. Theodore Gerrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781519052957
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Army Life in Chamberlain's 20th Maine (Expanded, Annotated) written by Rev. Theodore Gerrish and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every great battle takes on new perspectives and meaning when viewed from the prone position of the private soldier, as opposed to the broad sweep of after-battle reports.Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Spottslyvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg...Theodore Gerrish was at them all with Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 20th Maine Regiment. His vivid, compassionate, and often humorous telling is from the spot on the field where the minie-balls are thickest and the cannonading is deafening.This is one of the best private-soldier memoirs of the American Civil War in its scope and its minute details. The views Gerrish provides at the end of famous officers as seen from the private soldier's point of view include Grant, Meade, Hooker, Josuah Lawrence Chamberlain, and others with whom he came in contact.Some of the humor:"Chaplain, will you be kind enough to tell me what the two capital letters, B.C., stand for, when they are printed together upon anything?" "O, yes. It means before the birth of our Saviour, previous to the beginning of the Christian era." He proceeded to give quite a profound theological exposition of the matter, and then inquired, "Why did you ask so unusual a question?" "O, nothin'," answered the innocent Dick, "only we have seen it stamped on these sheets of hard-tack, and were curious to know why it was there."Of the African-Americans who fought, Gerrish says:"As these two races march beside each other in the struggle of life, we only ask and demand that those who, in their poverty, did all they could to save the nation and assist its defenders, shall not be deprived of their sacred rights."Front-line letters and diaries of the Civil War bring an immediacy to a long-ago event and connect us to these everyday men and women who lived it.

Fast and Loose in Dixie (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : J. Madison Drake
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fast and Loose in Dixie (Expanded, Annotated) written by J. Madison Drake and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 1890-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 6, 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, he commanded the Union skirmish line that was far advanced from the main Union forces and held it for over 24 hours in the face of constant Confederate fire. Instead of writing about the action for which he won the Medal of Honor, James Madison Drake wrote this lively account of his incarceration at Libby Prison, his wild escape, and his six-week trek to get back to Union lines. After the war, he was brevetted a brigadier-general and was a prominent newspaper publisher and author in New Jersey. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Deeds of Daring (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Henry Norton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Deeds of Daring (Expanded, Annotated) written by Henry Norton and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eighth New York Cavalry was one of the most storied fighting units of the American Civil War. At Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and at Appomattox, the boys of the 8th served under Custer, Sheridan, and others, establishing an astonishing record. This is the lively, exciting regimental history by one of their own, Private Henry Legard Norton. Expanded and annotated with updated information that brings the participants to life for a modern reader, this memoir looks at a titanic American event from the view of the rank and file. As he left the men of the 8th NY after the Grand Review in Washington after the war, Custer told them, "Men of the Eighth New York, you are the best soldiers I ever saw."

Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major General (Expanded, Annotated)

Author : Major-General John Sedgwick
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major General (Expanded, Annotated) written by Major-General John Sedgwick and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last words of Major General John Sedgwick as he strode in front of his men in the open at Spotsylvania were, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." In an instant, he was struck down by a Confederate sharpshooter from 1,000 yards. Much loved by his men and his comrades in arms, even Robert E. Lee expressed sorrow at the death of an old friend. General George Meade wept and Grant said losing Sedgwick was worse than losing a division. He was wounded several times in battle and was considered a very solid commander. When moved to a new command, his old division presented him with a sword made in Europe costing $1,000. From the Mexican War through his death in 1864, here are the letters of this little-written-about general. Both volumes are presented here with letters to his family and comrades. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.

Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World

Author : Bevin Alexander
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393082024
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World written by Bevin Alexander and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The world’s most fascinating battles and how they were won or lost, according to the Chinese sage.”—Kirkus Reviews Imagine if Robert E. Lee had withdrawn to higher ground at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett uphill against the entrenched Union line. Or if Napoléon, at Waterloo, had avoided mistakes he’d never made before. The advice that would have changed these crucial battles was written down centuries before Christ was born—but unfortunately for Lee, Napoléon, and Hitler, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War only became widely available in the West in the mid-twentieth century. As Bevin Alexander shows, Sun Tzu’s maxims often boil down to common sense, in a particularly pure and clear form. When Alexander frames these modern battles against 2,400-year-old precepts, the degree of overlap is stunning.