Training Ground - Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848

Informationen zum Autor Martin Dugard is the New York Times best-selling author of such nonfiction titles as The Last Voyage of Columbus, Farther Than Any Man, Knockdown, Chasing Lance, and Into Africa. Klappentext Originally published: New York: Little, Brown and Co.. 2008. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's NoteAppomattoxPrologueBook One: Line in the SandOne: Corpus ChristiTwo: Rio GrandeThree: Rough and ReadyFour: Fields of FireFive: Call to BattleSix: Fort TexasSeven: ClashEight: Resaca de la PalmaNine: Brown BessTen: VolunteersEleven: Growing UpBook Two: Taylor's WarTwelve: CamargoThirteen: Star-Spangled BannerFourteen: Eager for ActionFifteen: First MississippiSixteen: The WesternerSeventeen: The RiflesEighteen: Supply TrainNineteen: PreludeTwenty: Monterrey, Day OneTwenty-One: Monterrey, Day TwoTwenty-Two: The MortarBook Three: Politics and WarTwenty-Three: Change of CommandTwenty-Four: The Perils of OccupationTwenty-Five: Policy and PowerBook Four: Scott's WarTwenty-Six: TransfersTwenty-Seven: The Artillery OfficerTwenty-Eight: One Step CloserTwenty-Nine: CaliforniaThirty: Taylor Stands AloneThirty-One: The HaciendaThirty-Two: Lobos IslandThirty-Three: InvasionThirty-Four: National RoadThirty-Five: Twiggs's DilemmaThirty-Six: ReconnaissanceThirty-Seven: Pressing the AdvantageBook Five: The Aztec ClubThirty-Eight: "Nothing Can Stop This Army"Thirty-Nine: Old GloryForty: ConquestForty-One: Fourth of JulyEpilogueAcknowledgmentsAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CSelected Notes and BiographiesSelected BibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Martin Dugard
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780803228122
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-2812-2
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Bestimmte Kriege und Feldzüge, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century