An “eloquent and judiciousâ€* analysis of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia; from one of leading Civil War historians—now in paperback.From the time Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia on June 1; 1862; until the Battle of Gettysburg thirteen months later; the Confederate army compiled a record of military achievement almost unparalleled in our nation’s history. How it happened—the relative contributions of Lee; his top command; opposing Union generals; and of course the rebel army itself—is the subject of Civil War historian Jeffry D. Wert’s fascinating new history. Wert shows how the audacity and aggression that fueled Lee’s victories ultimately proved disastrous at Gettysburg. But; as Wert explains; Lee had little choice: outnumbered by an opponent with superior resources; he had to take the fight to the enemy in order to win. When an equally combative Union general—Ulysses S. Grant—took command of northern forces in 1864; Lee was defeated. A Glorious Army draws on the latest scholarship to provide fresh assessments of Lee; his top commanders Longstreet; Jackson; and Stuart; and a shrewd battle strategy that still offers lessons to military commanders today.
#5799684 in Books University Press of the Pacific 2005-06-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.00 x 1.23 x 7.01l; 2.29 #File Name: 1410224848608 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy cyclops- old 1 eyeGood read.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. The Official HistoryBy John MatlockThe Korean war was very interesting from many standpoints. It was a war fought with limited objectives where the political process was involved with the fighting. While there was a desire to win; there was the ever present feet that the war could grow to World War III fought with nuclear weapons if the Soviet Union felt her basic interests threatened.During the last two years of the war; truce talks were being conducted at the same time the war was being fought. Both sides tried with some success to induce more reasonable negotiating attitudes in their adversaries through the application of limited military pressure.This book is the story of fighting while talking during the last years of the war. It is the official history written by the Army. It was written with access to all of the information available to the Army; except of course classified documents.Of particular interest to me was following the negotiations. The style of the Communists worked well up against the representatives of a democracy who had political leaders back at home putting constraints on the outcome and journalists reporting everything back to the people. This kind of set the stage for the Viet Nam peace talks much later.
