With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War
Language: English
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, U.S.A., 2001
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The lawyer-historian Alan T. Nolan called the Civil War our "folk epic told over and over agian." Robert Cowley reminds us in his excellent introduction to this volume that it was the Civil War that "finally brought us together as a nation, made us truly a 'union.'" WITH MY FACE TO THE ENEMY is one of the most provocative and wide-ranging anthologies on the subject to come along in years, and a collection everyone interested in American history will want to read. Its thirty-six illuminating essays examine the war from the perspectives critical to its outcome -- the larger-than-life personalities of the important players from Lincoln to Lee and the national strategies and key battle tactics that shaped the four-year-long struggle. Contributors include the leading lights of Civil War scholarship: James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Gary W. Gallagher, David Herbert Donald, and seventeen others. James M. McPherson's essays ponder three diverse, fascinating subjects: Abraham Lincoln's use of language and its role in his victory; Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee's failed southern strategies; and Ulysses S. Grant's race with death to complete the memoirs that are his most enduring monument. Stephen W. Sears, in four essays, describes the daring flanking maneuvers of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville and presents the last word on Lee's legendary "lost order" among other topics. Other highlights include David Herbert Donald on how Lincoln took charge in the early days of his presidency; Gary W. Gallagher on Lee's record before his ascension as a southern icon; John Bowers on Stonewall Jackson and George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga"; Noah Andre Trudeau on trench warfare in Virginia; and Thomas Fleming on a divided West Point.…
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- Title
- With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War
- Author
- Cowley, Robert, Editor
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0399147373
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147371
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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"By touching a variety of episodes as well as figures, the volume should prove irresistible" (Booklist)
"These new insights...add to one's understanding of the war" (Washington Times)
"Answers the most intriguing questions: How did a rebel courier happen to drop General Lee's battle plan wrapped around three cigars? And why did it take so long for the richer and stronger North to win?" (US News and World Report)
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