The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 1969
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 1969
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher :
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 1990
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 1957
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Harry S. Laver
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0813140757
Prior to his service in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant exhibited few characteristics indicating that he would be an extraordinary leader. His performance as a cadet was mediocre, and he finished in the bottom half of his class at West Point. However, during his early service in the Civil War, most notably at the battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg, Grant proved that he possessed an uncommon drive. When it was most crucial, Grant demonstrated his integrity, determination, and tactical skill by taking control of the Union troops and leading his forces to victory. A General Who Will Fight is a detailed study of leadership that explores Grant's rise from undisciplined cadet to commanding general of the United States Army. Some experts have attributed Grant's success to superior manpower and technology, to the help he received from other Union armies, or even to a ruthless willingness to sacrifice his own men. Harry S. Laver, however, refutes these arguments and reveals that the only viable explanation for Grant's success lies in his leadership skill, professional competence, and unshakable resolve. Much more than a book on military strat-egy, this innovative volume examines the decision-making process that enabled Grant both to excel as an unquestioned commander and to win.
Author : Nancy S. Anderson
Publisher : Wings
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 39,52 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780517118856
Dual biography of the two greatest generals of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
Author : Edward G. Longacre
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 2007-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0306816369
In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his weakness for alcohol, which exerted a major influence on both his military and civilian careers. Longacre, to a degree that no other historian has done before, investigates Grant's alcoholism in light of his devout religious affiliations, and the role these sometimes conflicting forces had on his military career and conduct. Longacre's conclusions present a new and surprising perspective on the ever-fascinating life of General Grant.
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher : SPA Books, Limited (UK)
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Ulysses Simpson Grant
Publisher : New York, C. L. Webster & Company
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Generals
ISBN :
Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.
Author : J. F. Fuller
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 1979-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780849516405
Author : John Frederick Charles Fuller
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 1957
Category : United States
ISBN :