Author: Halkett (i.e. Richard Halkatt Lord (ed.))Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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Author: Halkett (i.e. Richard Halkatt Lord (ed.))Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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Author: The Literature of American History
Author: Josephus Nelson LarnedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918
Author: George Catlett MarshallPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it.
George Washington's Nemesis
Author: Christian McBurneyPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1611214661
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
This biography attempts to set the record straight for a misunderstood military figure from the American Revolution. Historians and biographers of Charles Lee have treated him as either an enemy of George Washington or a defender of American liberty. Neither approach is accurate; objectivity is required to fully understand the war’s most complicated general. In George Washington’s Nemesis, author Christian McBurney uses original documents (some newly discovered) to combine two dramatic stories to create one balanced view of one of the Revolutionary War’s most fascinating personalities. General Lee, second in command in the Continental Army led by George Washington, was captured by the British in December, 1776. While imprisoned, he gave his captors a plan on how to defeat Washington’s army as quickly as possible. This extraordinary act of treason was not discovered during his lifetime. Less well known is that throughout his sixteen months of captivity and even after his release, Lee continued communicating with the enemy, offering to help negotiate an end to the rebellion. After Lee rejoined the Continental Army, he was given command of many of its best troops together with orders from Washington to attack British general Henry Clinton’s column near Monmouth, New Jersey. But things did not go as planned for Lee, leading to his court-martial for not attacking and for retreating in the face of the enemy. McBruney argues the evidence clearly shows Lee was unfairly convicted and had, in fact, done something beneficial. But Lee had insulted Washington, which made the matter a political contest between the army’s two top generals—only one of whom could prevail.
Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular
Author: Library Journal
Author: Melvil DeweyPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Juniorlibraries, 1954-May 1961). Issued also separately.
Books in Print Supplement
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
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Library Journal
Author: Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States (Classic Reprint)
Author: Henry LeePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484212991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
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