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- ISBN
- 9780803228122
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803228120
ISBN-13
9780803228122
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72730303
Product Key Features
Book Title
Training Ground : Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, Military / United States, Presidents & Heads of State, Historical, Military
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
22.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-031226
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Canny in its depictions of intriguing, powerful personalities and Machiavellian politics, meticulous in its textured battlefield and logistical descriptions, The Training Ground has the fast-paced feel of a good historical novel, but it's all well-researched fact."-American History, "This book gives an interesting sidelight on the Mexican War and a foretaste of the American Civil War."-Stan Moore, Denver Westerners Roundup, "Dugard's spirited narrative animates a group of men whose force of character, professional skill and ability to think outside conventional limits revitalized the sclerotic army."-Publishers Weekly, " The Training Ground is an interesting, often insightful account of the experiences of U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, William T. Sherman and Jefferson Davis during the Mexican War. . . . Worth a read for anyone interested in the Civil War and the development of senior military leadership."-A. A. Nofi, NYMAS Review, "Canny in its depictions of intriguing, powerful personalities and Machiavellian politics, meticulous in its textured battlefield and logistical descriptions, The Training Ground has the fast-paced feel of a good historical novel, but it's all well-researched fact."- American History, "Dugard's spirited narrative animates a group of men whose force of character, professional skill and ability to think outside conventional limits revitalized the sclerotic army."- Publishers Weekly, "The Training Groundis an interesting, often insightful account of the experiences of U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, William T. Sherman and Jefferson Davis during the Mexican War. . . . Worth a read for anyone interested in the Civil War and the development of senior military leadership." A. A. Nofi,NYMAS Review
Dewey Decimal
355.0092 B
Table Of Content
Author's Note Appomattox Prologue Book One: Line in the Sand One: Corpus Christi Two: Rio Grande Three: Rough and Ready Four: Fields of Fire Five: Call to Battle Six: Fort Texas Seven: Clash Eight: Resaca de la Palma Nine: Brown Bess Ten: Volunteers Eleven: Growing Up Book Two: Taylor's War Twelve: Camargo Thirteen: Star-Spangled Banner Fourteen: Eager for Action Fifteen: First Mississippi Sixteen: The Westerner Seventeen: The Rifles Eighteen: Supply Train Nineteen: Prelude Twenty: Monterrey, Day One Twenty-One: Monterrey, Day Two Twenty-Two: The Mortar Book Three: Politics and War Twenty-Three: Change of Command Twenty-Four: The Perils of Occupation Twenty-Five: Policy and Power Book Four: Scott's War Twenty-Six: Transfers Twenty-Seven: The Artillery Officer Twenty-Eight: One Step Closer Twenty-Nine: California Thirty: Taylor Stands Alone Thirty-One: The Hacienda Thirty-Two: Lobos Island Thirty-Three: Invasion Thirty-Four: National Road Thirty-Five: Twiggs's Dilemma Thirty-Six: Reconnaissance Thirty-Seven: Pressing the Advantage Book Five: The Aztec Club Thirty-Eight: "Nothing Can Stop This Army" Thirty-Nine: Old Glory Forty: Conquest Forty-One: Fourth of July Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Selected Notes and Biographies Selected Bibliography Index
Synopsis
For four years during the Civil War, Generals Grant and Lee clashed as bitter enemies in a war that bloodied and scorched the American landscape. Yet in an earlier time, they had worn the same uniform and fought together. In The Training Ground, acclaimed historian Martin Dugard presents the saga of how, two decades before the Civil War, a group of West Point graduates-including Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman-fought together as brothers. Drawing on a range of primary sources and original research, Dugard paints a gripping narrative of the Mexican War, which eventually almost doubled the size of the United States. The Training Ground vividly takes us into the thick brush of Palo Alto, where a musket ball narrowly misses Grant but kills a soldier standing near him; through the mountains and ravines of Cerro Gordo, as Lee searches frantically for a secret route into the Mexican army's seemingly invincible position; to Monterrey, as future enemies Davis and Grant ride together into battle; down the California coast, where war-hungry Sherman seeks blood and vengeance. And we are there as the young troops mount the final heroic-and deadly-assault on Mexico City. With narrative verve and brilliant research, The Training Ground brings to light a story of brotherhood, sacrifice, and initiation by fire. 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., Dugard's spirited narrative animates a group of men whose force of character, professional skill and ability to think outside conventional limits revitalized the sclerotic arm. -- Publishers Weekly For four years during the Civil War, Generals Grant and Lee clashed as bitter enemies in a war that bloodied and scorched the American landscape. Yet in an earlier time, they had worn the same uniform and fought together. In The Training Ground , acclaimed historian Martin Dugard presents the saga of how, two decades before the Civil War, a group of West Point graduates--including Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman--fought together as brothers. Drawing on a range of primary sources and original research, Dugard paints a gripping narrative of the Mexican War, which eventually almost doubled the size of the United States. The Training Ground vividly takes us into the thick brush of Palo Alto, where a musket ball narrowly misses Grant but kills a soldier standing near him; through the mountains and ravines of Cerro Gordo, as Lee searches frantically for a secret route into the Mexican army's seemingly invincible position; to Monterrey, as future enemies Davis and Grant ride together into battle; down the California coast, where war-hungry Sherman seeks blood and vengeance. And we are there as the young troops mount the final heroic--and deadly--assault on Mexico City. With narrative verve and brilliant research, The Training Ground brings to light a story of brotherhood, sacrifice, and initiation by fire., For four years during the Civil War, Generals Grant and Lee clashed as bitter enemies in a war that bloodied and scorched the American landscape. Yet in an earlier time, they had worn the same uniform and fought together. In The Training Ground, acclaimed historian Martin Dugard presents the saga of how, two decades before the Civil War, a group of West Point graduates fought together as brothers.
LC Classification Number
E403.D84 2009
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