{"product_id":"9780811736701","title":"Articles of War","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCastel, Albert\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eThe 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, George B. McClellan, Sam Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few.\u003cbr\u003eIn Articles of War you’ll discover:\u003cbr\u003eSome Winners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUlysses S. Grant, whose brilliant Vicksburg Campaign was a model of military strategy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn A. “Black Jack” Logan, one of the war’s few successful political generals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNathan Bedford Forrest, a natural military genius despite his “Lost Cause”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSome Losers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge B. McClellan, whose lack of eagerness cost the Union two opportunities to win the war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarl Van Dorn, a victim of sheer bad luck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheophilus H. Holmes, the little-known incompetent, called “granny Holmes” by his own men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSome Winners Who Became Losers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbert Sidney Johnston, the Confederacy’s “General Who Might Have Been”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeonidas Polk, whose initial good luck eventually ran out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Clarke Quantrill, a winner in death but a loser in life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAnd Some Losers Who Became Winners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSam Houston, who, had he lived longer, could have been a winner in Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, an exceptional man; a capable, but flawed, commander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Stackpole Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47214127055103,"sku":"9780811736701","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_b9f51436-4c76-4813-8843-ab4a552ab514.jpg?v=1758827501","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780811736701","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}