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Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307833062
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Swift Sword written by Bruce Catton and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war—an epic struggle for freedom. In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before—of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily got out of control. This would not be the neat, short, “limited” war both sides had envisioned. And then the author reveals how the sweeping force of all-out conflict changed the war’s purpose, in turning it into a war for human freedom. It was not initially a war against slavery. Instead, this was, Mr. Lincoln kept insisting, a fight to reunite the United States. At first, it was not even much of a fight. Cautious generals; inexperienced, incompetent, or jealous administrators; shortages of good people and supplies; excess of both gloom and optimism, kept each side from swinging into decisive action. As the buildup began, there were maddening delays. The earliest engagements were halting and inconclusive. After these first tests at arms, reputations began to crumble. Buell, Halleck, Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston. Failed to drive ahead—for reasons good and bad. General McClellan (impaled in these pages on the arrogant words of his letters) captured more imaginations than enemies, and continued to accept serious over estimates of Confederate strength while becoming more and more fatally estranged from his own government.

Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Joseph Wheelan
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 0306820277
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Swift Sword written by Joseph Wheelan and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling new biography of General Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil War, crush the Plains Indians, and save Yellowstone National Park

Lee's Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Richard Wheeler
Publisher : Castle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785817123
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Lee's Terrible Swift Sword written by Richard Wheeler and published by Castle Books. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Antietam to Chancellorville, this is an eyewitness account of the man himself, his ambitious and powerful successes against a poorly led foe which helped to promote an overconfidence that he could go North again, to Gettysburg, and win.

Reagan's Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Donald John Devine
Publisher : Jameson Books (IL)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reagan's Terrible Swift Sword written by Donald John Devine and published by Jameson Books (IL). This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Peggy A. Russo
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821416308
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Swift Sword written by Peggy A. Russo and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two centuries after his birth and almost a century and a half after his death, the legendary life and legacy of John Brown go marching on. Variously deemed martyr, madman, monster, terrorist, and saint, he remains one of the most controversial figures in America's history. Brown's actions in Kansas and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, provided major catalysts for the American Civil War, actions that continue today to evoke commendation or provoke condemnation. Through the prisms of history, literature, psychology, criminal justice, oral history, African American studies, political science, film studies, and anthropology, Terrible Swift Sword offers insights not only into John Brown's controversial character and motives, but also into the nature of a troubled society before, during, and after the Civil War. The discussions include reasons why Brown's contemporaries supported him, attempts to define Brown using different criteria, analyses of Brown's behavior, his depiction in literature, and examinations of the iconography surrounding him.The interdisciplinary focus marshalled by editor Peggy A. Russo makes Terrible Swift Sword unique, and this, together with the popular mythology surrounding the legend of John Brown, will appeal to a broad audience of readers interested in this turbulent moment in American history.Paul Finkelman is Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. He is the author of many articles and books, including His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid and the Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference Peggy Russo is an assistant professor of English at the Mont Alto Campus of Pennsylvania State University. She has published in Shakespeare Bulletin, The Southern Literary Journal, Journal of American Culture, Shakespeare and the Classroom, and Civil War Book Review.

Terrible Swift Sword

Author : John P. Langellier
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1853674052
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Swift Sword written by John P. Langellier and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2000-05-31 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Langellier''s study examines the uniforms and equipment of Abraham Lincoln''s soldiers as they appeared in the field during the Civil War. The study covers the artillery, cavalry and infantry.

Never Call Retreat

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307833046
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Never Call Retreat written by Bruce Catton and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A magnificent stylist . . . a first-rate historian. Familiarity with subject matter resulting from many years of study and narrative talents exceeding those of any other Civil War historian enable him to move along swiftly and smoothly and produce a story that is informative, dramatic, and absorbingly interesting." —Dr. Bell I. Wiley, after reading the manuscript of Never Call Retreat The final volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg through the succeeding grim and relentless campaigns to the Courthouse at Appomattox and the death of Lincoln. This is an eloquent study of the bitterest years of the war when death slashed the country with a brutality unparalleled in the history of the United States. Through the kaleidoscope tone and temper of the struggle, two men, different in stature, but similar in dedication to their awesome tasks, grappled with the burden of being leaders both in politics and war. In the north Lincoln remained resolute in the belief that a house divided against itself could not stand. His determination and uncanny vision of the destiny of the country and its people far transcended the plaguing tensions, fears, and frustrations of his cabinet and Congress. Mr. Lincoln’s use of vast resources is brilliantly contrasted to Davis’s valiant struggle for political and economic stability in a hopelessly fragmented and underdeveloped south. Though Davis never lacked for spirit and dedication, his handicaps were severe. This was not a war to be won by static ideals and romanticism. As Mr. Lincoln managed to expand and intensify the ideals that sustained the Northern war effort, Mr. Davis was never able to enlarge the South’s. This was a war to be won by flexibility in though, strength in supplies, and battles. And so they were fought––Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg.

Gettysburg

Author : Stephen W. Sears
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547526849
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Gettysburg written by Stephen W. Sears and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2004-11-03 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation’s history. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle—even on single charges—or on the daily lives of the soldiers. In Gettysburg Sears tells the whole story in a single volume. From the first gleam in Lee’s eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac, every moment of the battle is brought to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made Stephen Sears’s other histories so successful. Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands. Even the most knowledgeable of Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and new interpretations, and Sears’s famously accessible style will make the book just as appealing to the general reader. In short, this is the one book on Gettysburg that anyone interested in the Civil War should own.

Sanctified Violence

Author : Alfred J. Andrea
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162466962X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Sanctified Violence written by Alfred J. Andrea and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This rich and engaging book looks at instances of sanctified violence, the holy wars related to religion. It covers it all, from ancient to present day, including examples of warfare among Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists, as well as Christians, Jews and Muslims. It is a comprehensive and readable overview that provides a lively introduction to the subject of holy war in its broadest sense—as ‘sanctified violence’ in the service of a god or ideology. It is certain to be a useful companion in the classroom, and a boon to anyone fascinated by the dark attraction of religion and violence." —Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara Contents: Introduction: What Is Holy War? Chapter 1: Holy Wars in Mythic Time, Holy Wars as Metaphor, Holy Wars as RitualChapter 2: Holy Wars of Conquest in the Name of a DeityChapter 3: Holy Wars in Defense of the SacredChapter 4: Holy Wars in Anticipation of the Millennium Epilogue: Holy Wars Today and Tomorrow Also included are a description of the Critical Themes in World History series, Preface, index, and suggestions for further reading.

Battle Hymn

Author : William R. Forstchen
Publisher : Roc
ISBN 13 : 9780451452863
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book Battle Hymn written by William R. Forstchen and published by Roc. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of American Civil War soldiers are swept away from the battlefields of Earth to a distant alien world--where the only place for a human is an early grave! But the Union 35th Maine regiment embodies the radical ideas of freedom and democracy, and they're willing to lay down their lives to stop this alien reign of terror!

Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Swift Sword written by Bruce Catton and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American General

Author : John S.D. Eisenhower
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698168992
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book American General written by John S.D. Eisenhower and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From respected historian John S. D. Eisenhower comes a surprising portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War general whose path of destruction cut the Confederacy in two, broke the will of the Southern population, and earned him a place in history as “the first modern general.” Yet behind his reputation as a fierce warrior was a sympathetic man of complex character. A century and a half after the Civil War, Sherman remains one of its most controversial figures—the soldier who brought the fight not only to the Confederate Army, but to Confederate civilians as well. Yet Eisenhower, a West Point graduate and a retired brigadier general (Army Reserves), finds in Sherman a man of startling contrasts, not at all defined by the implications of “total war.” His scruffy, disheveled appearance belied an unconventional and unyielding intellect. Intensely loyal to superior officers, especially Ulysses S. Grant, he was also a stalwart individualist. Confident enough to make demands face-to-face with President Lincoln, he sympathetically listened to the problems of newly freed slaves on his famed march from Atlanta to Savannah. Dubbed “no soldier” during his years at West Point, Sherman later rose to the rank of General of the Army, and though deeply committed to the Union cause, he held the people of the South in great affection. In this remarkable reassessment of Sherman’s life and career, Eisenhower takes readers from Sherman’s Ohio origins and his fledgling first stint in the Army, to his years as a businessman in California and his hurried return to uniform at the outbreak of the war. From Bull Run through Sherman’s epic March to the Sea, Eisenhower offers up a fascinating narrative of a military genius whose influence helped preserve the Union—and forever changed war.

This Hallowed Ground

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853266966
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book This Hallowed Ground written by Bruce Catton and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the American Civil War chronicles the entire war to preserve the Union - from the Northern point of view, but in terms of the men from both sides who lived and died in glory on the fields.

Terrible Swift Sword

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671411312
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Swift Sword written by Bruce Catton and published by . This book was released on 1980-03-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Never Call Retreat

Author : Newt Gingrich
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312949310
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Never Call Retreat written by Newt Gingrich and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Last Days of the Civil War

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101970685
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Last Days of the Civil War written by Bruce Catton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning history A Stillness at Appomattox, an electrifying account of the end of the Civil War—Grant and Lee’s final maneuvers as four years of internecine conflict inched to a close. “The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky.” Here is the triumphant close of Bruce Catton’s history of the Army of the Potomac, the major Union army that fought and ultimately won the war. In the spring of 1865, the war was in its endgame, as Grant broke through the defenses at Petersburg and chased Lee’s army for the final clash. Meanwhile, Lee had one final option open to him: escape to North Carolina and join up with General Joe Johnston or otherwise accept defeat. Here are the war’s final days and minutes, the race to the finish of America’s bloodiest years.

Waiting for the Morning Train

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814318850
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Waiting for the Morning Train written by Bruce Catton and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated writer reminisces about his boyhood in Michigan at the turn of the century.