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Gary W. Gallagher Livres

    Gary W. Gallagher est un historien éminent de la guerre de Sécession, profondément investi dans la manière dont les événements et leur héritage sont façonnés par les récits culturels. Son travail explore les motivations et les perceptions complexes de ceux qui ont participé au conflit, analysant comment l'art populaire et les médias influencent notre compréhension du passé. L'approche de Gallagher se concentre sur les implications plus larges de la guerre et sur la manière dont ces événements persistent dans la mémoire collective et l'interprétation historique.

    In Their Own Words
    American Military History: A Very Short Introduction
    The Enduring Civil War
    Letters to Amanda: The Civil War Letters of Marion Hill Fitzpatrick, Army of Northern Virginia

    • Letters to Amanda: The Civil War Letters of Marion Hill Fitzpatrick, Army of Northern Virginia

      • 227pages
      • 8 heures de lecture
      5,0(1)Évaluer

      Fitzpatrick's letters offer a poignant glimpse into the life of a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, revealing the emotional turmoil of combat and the harsh realities of military hospitals. His correspondence with his wife Amanda, filled with over one hundred letters, highlights his deep loyalty to his family and the Confederacy. Through his eloquent prose, Fitzpatrick expresses a profound longing for home and the challenges faced by soldiers, showcasing their humanity, courage, and dedication amidst the brutality of war.

      Letters to Amanda: The Civil War Letters of Marion Hill Fitzpatrick, Army of Northern Virginia

    • The Enduring Civil War

      • 294pages
      • 11 heures de lecture
      4,4(3)Évaluer

      In the seventy-three succinct essays gathered in The Enduring Civil War, celebrated historian Gary Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war, from its origins to its memory, as topics for study, contemplation, and dispute.

      The Enduring Civil War

    • American Military History: A Very Short Introduction

      • 144pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      3,7(12)Évaluer

      In American Military History: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph T. Glatthaar explores the relationship between America and its military from its origins in the thirteen colonies to today's ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

      American Military History: A Very Short Introduction

    • In Their Own Words

      Civil War Commanders

      • 328pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      They led the armies of the Civil War and forged the most critical and violent chapter in American history...The military leaders, men of impassioned commitment and unrivaled courage, who recorded in vivid detail the war as it was, both on the battlefield and in their hearts and minds. These fascinating narratives are presented chronologically, woven together with insightful editorial notes, and accompanied by over 40 maps; together they comprise the Civil War experience, from daily army life to the sights and sounds of battle, to the moral and strategic decisions that rested upon the commanders' shoulders. Their words bring to life every significant passage in the course of the war...The Battles of Antietam and Bull Run, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge and Gettysburg, the Invasion of Kentucky and the Battle of Perryville...the Union and Confederate strategies and campaigns...the Civil War's naval battles and the guerrilla war...Sherman's siege of Atlanta...and more.

      In Their Own Words