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2) Crucible of command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee-- the war they fought, the peace they forged
Author
Language
English
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Description
A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic leaders — how they fashioned a distinctly American war, and a lasting peace, that fundamentally changed our nation
3) Colin Powell
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-first Century Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and career of the Army general who was appointed National Security Advisor by Ronald Reagan and became the country's first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989.
4) Invisible generals: rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals
Author
Publisher
Black Privilege Publishing/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The true story of America's first Black generals--Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Jr.--a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Apache warrior Geronimo to tell the story of the Indian Wars and the final fight for control of the American continent."--
6) Grant
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the...
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Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
373 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings. In an insightful blend of biography and cultural history, Joan Waugh traces Grant's shifting...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxi, 582 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person — capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (he was court-martialed twice in six years). The key to...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
23 audio discs (29 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the...
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