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.

About the author

Robert J. Schneller Jr. received a PhD in military history from Duke University in 1991. He then worked more than twenty years as an official historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington D.C. An award-winning author, Schneller published eight books during his career. He is now retired and living in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert J. Schneller Jr., Robert Schneller, Robert J Schneller, Robert J. Schneller Jr
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781682475119
• ISBN: 978-1-68247-511-9
• No. of pages: 476
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 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