Author: John Russell YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Around the World with General Grant
Author: John Russell YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Around the World with General Grant
Author: John Russell YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Around the World with General Grant, a Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in 1877, 1878, 1879. To which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History. By John Russell Young ...
Author: John Russell YoungAround the World with General Grant
Author: John Russell YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Around the World with General Grant: a Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History
Author: Emily PfeifferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of U.S.Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in 1877, 1878, 1879
Author: John Russell YoungAround the World with General Grant
Author: John Russell YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Ulysses S. Grant and Meiji Japan, 1869-1885
Author: Ian Patrick AustinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000022382
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Ulysses S Grant, besides being the General-in-Chief of the Union armies at the time of the Union victory in the American Civil War, was also President, 1869–1878, at a time when the United States was undergoing significant transformations, both economically and strategically, and growing in confidence as a world power. At the same time, Japan, following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, was seeking to join the ranks of the developed, read exclusively Western, states. This book explores the interaction of Grant with Meiji Japan, compares and contrasts developments in the two countries and assesses the impact each country had on the other. It discusses the travels of the Iwakura Mission in the United States, considers Grant’s 1879 visit to Japan and examines the personal relationship between Grant, the Meiji emperor and the other leaders of the Meiji government. The book argues that Grant’s thoughtful consideration of the key issues of the day, issues common to many countries at the time, and his suggested policy responses had a huge impact on Meiji Japan.
Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri
Author: Dennis K. BomanPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807146498
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
During the Civil War, the state of Missouri presented President Abraham Lincoln, United States military commanders, and state officials with an array of complex and difficult problems. Although Missouri did not secede, a large minority of residents owned slaves, sympathized with secession, or favored the Confederacy. Many residents joined a Confederate state militia, became pro-Confederate guerrillas, or helped the cause of the South in some subversive manner. In order to subdue such disloyalty, Lincoln supported Missouri's provisional Unionist government by ordering troops into the state and approving an array of measures that ultimately infringed on the civil liberties of residents. In this thorough investigation of these policies, Dennis K. Boman reveals the difficulties that the president, military officials, and state authorities faced in trying to curb traitorous activity while upholding the spirit of the United States Constitution. Boman explains that despite Lincoln's desire to disentangle himself from Missouri policy matters, he was never able to do so. Lincoln's challenge in Missouri continued even after the United States Army defeated the state's Confederate militia. Attention quickly turned to preventing Confederate guerrillas from attacking Missouri's railway system and from ruthlessly murdering, pillaging, and terrorizing loyal inhabitants. Eventually military officials established tribunals to prosecute captured insurgents. In his role as commander-in-chief, Lincoln oversaw these tribunals and worked with Missouri governor Hamilton R. Gamble in establishing additional policies to repress acts of subversion while simultaneously protecting constitutional rights -- an incredibly difficult balancing act. For example, while supporting the suppression of disloyal newspapers and the arrest of persons suspected of aiding the enemy, Lincoln repealed orders violating property rights when they conflicted with federal law. While mitigating the severity of sentences handed down by military courts, Boman shows, Lincoln advocated requiring voters and officeholders to take loyalty oaths and countenanced the summary execution of guerrillas captured with weapons in the field. One of the first books to explore Lincoln's role in dealing with an extensive guerrilla insurgency, Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri illustrates the difficulty of suppressing dissent while upholding the Constitution, a feat as complicated during the Civil War as it is for the War on Terror.
The Decision Was Always My Own
Author: Timothy B SmithPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809336669
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Showing how and why Grant became such a successful general, Smith presents a reexamination of the commander and the campaign. His fresh analysis of Grant's decision-making process during the Vicksburg siege and battle details the process of campaigning on military, political, administrative, and personal levels.