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Articles of War

Name: Articles of War
Author: Albert Castel
ISBN: 9780811700054

by Albert Castel

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The American Civil War is filled with fascinating characters. This collection of biographical essays on the "winners and losers" of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing: Ulysses S. Grant, Sam Houston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few. The articles represent a broad cross-section of the scholarship of noted author Albert Castel; most were written over a fifty-year period for publication in national "popular history" magazines such as American Heritage, Civil War History, and Civil War Times Illustrated.

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The background, psychology, and wartime activities of Civil War commanders Ulysses S. Grant, Nathan Bedford Forrest, George McClellan, William Clarke Quantrill, and others are the subject of the 13 essays contained in this volume. Written originally for popular historical journals, these studies are not documented but are based on the solid historical scholarship of Castel, history professor, winner of the Lincoln Prize for his Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 (Univ. Pr. of Kansas, 1992), and a respected author of other scholarly and popular studies. Dealing with the success and failure of the commanders, Castel's essays are otherwise unrelated but are quite readable, require no previous knowledge of the war or military, and are suitable for casual readers. Larger public libraries where Civil War interest is strong may wish to purchase this volume, though Thomas B. Buell's The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War (Three Rivers, 1998) is a more comprehensive, documented study of the military leadership. Theresa McDevitt, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.