Once in a decade comes an account of war that promises to be a classic. Doing for Syria what Imperial Life in the Emerald City did for the war in Iraq; The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most brutal; internecine conflicts in recent history. Drawing from years of experience covering Syria for Vanity Fair; Newsweek; and the front pages of the New York Times; award-winning journalist Janine di Giovanni gives us a tour de force of war reportage; all told through the perspective of ordinary people―among them a doctor; a nun; a musician; and a student. What emerges is an extraordinary picture of the devastating human consequences of armed conflict; one that charts an apocalyptic but at times tender story of life in a jihadist war zone. Recalling celebrated works by Ryszard Kapus´cin´ski; Philip Gourevitch; and Anne Applebaum; The Morning They Came for Us; through its unflinching account of a nation on the brink of disintegration; becomes an unforgettable testament to resilience in the face of nihilistic human debasement. 30 illustrations
#976074 in Books James Lee McDonough 1984-06-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .60 x 6.00l; .70 #File Name: 0870493973232 pagesISBN: 9780870493973Condition: NewNotes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Final Undoing of the Army of TennesseeBy StudgeAfter abandoning Atlanta to the Union forces under General William Tecumseh Sherman; General John Bell Hood took his Army of Tennessee northward with the goal of taking Nashville and penetrating the area of the Ohio River. General John McAllister Schofield's job was to delay Hood's advance up the Columbia-Nashville Pike; thereby allowing General George H. Thomas to strengthen and concentrate the Union forces with reinforcements at Nashville.On November 30;1864; in a battle that lasted a mere 5 hours; from 4:00 p.m.to 9:00 p.m.; General John Bell Hood launched one of the largest Confederate headlong; frontal assaults of the Civil War; at the Battle of Franklin; in Middle Tennessee; with even more troops attacking than Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. The slaughter and carnage to the Confederate troops had effectively removed the once great Army of Tennessee as a fighting force for the remainder of the war. Another Confederate defeat followed at the Battle of Nashville; and Hood would soon offer his resignation; with General Richard Taylor replacing him.Hood's army suffered a loss of 7;000 men at the Battle of Franklin; including 1;750 dead and 4;500 wounded. A huge number of Confederate officers met their deaths at Franklin; including Generals Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (the "Stonewall Jackson of the West"); States Rights Gist; Hiram Granbury; Otho Strahl; and John Adams. A staggering fifty-four regimental leaders in Cheatham's and Stewart's corps had been killed; wounded; or captured. The Union forces benefited by the advantage of numbers; terrain; impregnable defensive earthworks protected and strengthened by abatis and artillery; and General John Casement's repeating rifles.Hood arguably had a slim opportunity for victory at Franklin when Generals Patrick Cleburne and John C. Brown penetrated the Union entrenchments through the gap at the Columbia Pike near the Carter House. The opportunity came to naught; however; due to lack of coordinated efforts by General Cheatham's left wing and General Stewart's right wing forces; which consisted of disjointed and isolated attacks. Not only did the Confederate corps of Cheatham and Stewart fail to execute a simultaneous frontal assault on the enemy line; but Hood began the attack precipitously; failing to wait for General Stephen D. Lee's corps to arrive at the battle scene before beginning the grand assault. As a result; Hood's frontal assault lacked the full weight of the Army of Tennessee's infantry and artillery; which could have been used to pound Schofield's line of defense and support Cleburne's and Brown's breakthrough at the Columbia Pike.Authors; Professor James Lee McDonough and the late Thomas L. Connelly; put together a fine analysis of the Middle Tennessee Campaign; including a chapter on the inexplicable affair at Spring Hill. They provided arguments and conclusions; not infequently the subject of hot debate; as to why Hood decided to launch that suicidal; massive; frontal attack at Franklin in the first place. A little over 200 pages; the book was a very informative read on the Middle Tennessee Campaign in the fall of 1864.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The battle of FranklinBy TylerI got this book on time as scheduled; and the copy is well-worn and has been used a bit; but the book is still quite in good shape. The book gives a lot of insight into the battle of Franklin in late 1864; where the Union troops were forced from the field towards Nashville in the end; but cost the Confederates of Hood's Army of Tennessee more than 5;000 good men; including irreplaceable regiment; brigade; and division commanders; and the death of able-division commander; Major-General Patrick Cleburne; one of two foreign-born officers to reach that rank. He had been raised in Ireland and made it to corporal in the British Army; coming to America for a better life and starting up a good business just to be ruined promotion-wise because of his suggestion to use slaves as armed troops for the Confederacy in early 1864; and then to meet death on that cold field of Franklin at the head of his division; which was shattered as well.This book describes those deadly hours; of which we knew would end to a bloody finale among the trenches and redoubts of the city of Nashville later on. Thanks; !0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy LarLynThank you very much.
