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

English · Paperback / Softback

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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.

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

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