Category: James Durney’s Book Notes
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Review: Grant’s Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg
Grant’s Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg (Modern War Studies) by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 264 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas; 1st edition, edition (July 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700611274 ISBN-13: 978-0700611270 Steven Woodworth has an excellent reputation as both author and editor. He has the ability to attract people, who can contribute […]
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Review: Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals
Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals (Modern War Studies) by Clay Mountcastle Product Details Hardcover: 202 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (September 2, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700616683 ISBN-13: 978-0700616688 Confederate guerrillas are the subject of many books on the Civil War. Mosby, Quantrill, the sack of Lawrence, Bloody Bill Anderson or Missouri […]
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October 2009 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! October 2009 James Durney *************************************************************** New Releases This one got by me and I discovered it in the bookstore. Noah Andre Trudeau has written Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership for The Great Generals Series from Palgrave Macmillan. Mr. Trudeau is one of our best authors and none of his […]
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Review: Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership (Great Generals)
Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership (Great Generals) by Noah Andre Trudeau Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (September 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0230613667 ISBN-13: 978-0230613669 This is a difficult review for me to write. I have the highest respect for the author and have enjoyed his books for years. He consistently […]
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Review: Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren
Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren by Eric J. Wittenberg Product Details Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Edinborough Press (June 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1889020338 ISBN-13: 978-1889020334 Those that follow Eric Wittenberg’s work know this is a pet project that has been years in the making. We […]
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Review: Calculating the Value of the Union
Calculating the Value of the Union: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War (Civil War America) by James L. Huston Product Details Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (November 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807828041 ISBN-13: 978-0807828045 What caused the Civil War? Debates on this question occur, […]
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Review: Over Lincoln’s Shoulder
Over Lincoln’s Shoulder by Bruce Tap Product Details Paperback: 332 pages Publisher: University Press Of Kansas (January 20, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700614265 ISBN-13: 978-0700614264 Very few Civil War hobbyists do not hold a strong position on the Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War (CCW). The committee frequently is the object of […]