A Quest for Glory - A Biography of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren

Drawing on Dahlgren's meticulously kept diaries and records and recently uncovered family papers author Robert Schneller describes with a biographer's sensitivity and a historian's perspective the admiral's many technical triumphs as well as the plots duels intrigues and betrayals that plagued Dahlgren's life.

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By Robert J. Schneller, Jr.

Zusammenfassung

To win glory and power, to be renowned throughout posterity - such was the ambition that fuelled Dahlgren's controversial rise to eminence during the Civil War era. This rich, balanced portrait examines in detail the admiral's quixotic, frustrating quest.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert J. Schneller Jr., Robert Schneller, Robert J Schneller, Robert J. Schneller Jr
• Verlag: Naval Institute Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781682475119
• ISBN: 978-1-68247-511-9
• Seiten: 476
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Gewicht: 703 g
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Militärgeschichte, HISTORY / Military / Naval, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / Weapons