Winning and Losing in the Civil War

Essays and Stories
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-57003-917-1
Verlag: University of South Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

This title presents reflections, rejoinders, and rigorous scholarship from the winner of the 1992 Lincoln Prize. ""Winning and Losing in the Civil War"" collects fifteen of the most influential short writings by accomplished Civil War historian Albert Castel, each presented with his trademark wit, style, and analytical precision. The author expounds on some of the most provocative, arresting issues surrounding the war, including the dispute over inevitability of Northern victory and the question of Lee's greatness on and off the battlefield. Castel contemplates presidents and mules, generals and guerrillas, lovers and haters, facts and opinions, actualities and probabilities. In addition, he uses the volume as a forum for reflecting on his role as historian, identifying the primary problem facing present-day practitioners of Civil War historiography, and illumining what remains to be accomplished in this heavily tilled but ever-popular field of scholarly inquiry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Castel, Albert

Über Autor(innen)

Albert Castel is the author of several classic works on the Civil War, including Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize. Thomas Goodrich is the author of numerous books on the West, including Scalp Dance and War to the Knife.