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Objectstaat
Vrijwel nieuw: Een boek dat er als nieuw uitziet, maar al wel is gelezen. De kaft is niet zichtbaar ...
ISBN
9781621901631
Publication Year
2015
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Memoirs of Lieut. -General Winfield Scott
Item Height
1.3in
Author
Timothy D. Johnson
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Military / War of 1812, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Political, Military
Number of Pages
Xxxi, 414 Pages

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The remarkable military career of General Winfield Scott spanned fifty-three years, fourteen presidents, and six wars, both foreign and domestic. However, his lengthy service did not secure his rightful place among the nation s pantheon of great military leaders. Instead, he is most often remembered as the aged, overweight, and sickly commanding general who was replaced by George McClellan at the beginning of the Civil War. Originally published in 1864, only two years before his death, Scott s memoirs touch on many of the significant events of the early and mid-nineteenth century. This new edition of those remembrances, expertly edited by Timothy D. Johnson, showcases Scott s rare strategic insights, battlefield prowess, and diplomatic shrewdness, restoring him to his proper place as arguably the most important American general to ever serve his country. Scott joined the army in 1808, earned the rank of brigadier general in 1814, and was promoted to commanding general in 1841. During the Mexican-American War, he commanded one of the most brilliant military campaigns in American history and mentored the generation of officers who fought the Civil War, including Generals Grant, Lee, Longstreet, Beauregard, Jackson, and Meade. As a young general, he wrote the first comprehensive set of regulations to govern the army and pushed for the professionalization of the U.S. officer corps. Yet, he was ridiculed at the beginning of the war for his prescient prediction that the Civil War would be a prolonged conflict requiring extensive planning and superior strategic thinking. With this edition, Johnson has merged Scott s large two-volume memoir into a single, manageable volume without losing any of the original 1864 text. Extensive new annotations update Scott s outdated notes and provide valuable illumination and context. Covering a wide range of events from the famous 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton through the end of the Civil War Scott s extraordinary account reveals the general as a sometimesegocentric but always astute witness to the early American republic."

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Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
ISBN-10
1621901637
ISBN-13
9781621901631
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208640499

Product Key Features

Book Title
Memoirs of Lieut. -General Winfield Scott
Author
Timothy D. Johnson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / War of 1812, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Political, Military
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
Xxxi, 414 Pages

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Item Height
1.3in

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E403.1.S4a3 2015
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2015-006920
Dewey Decimal
355.0092
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Voices of the Civil War Ser.
Dewey Edition
23

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