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| Title: | Gettysburg
: Crisis of Command -- Illustrated Edition |
| Author: | Harry Albright |
| ISBN: | 0781810396 : 9780781810395 |
| Illustrations: | 16 page b/w insert |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 296 |
| Weight: | .464 Kg. |
| Published: | Hippocrene Books - December 2005 |
| List Price: | 12.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | American history: c1800 to c1900: Civil war: Battles & campaigns |
New illustrated edition with maps and illustrations of the Gettysbug battlefields and generals. This historical narrative of America's greatest battle examines the course of events and the tensions with the two armies' commands. The author argues that poor decisions and disputes on both sides nearly led to disater for each. The book makes events clear to even the reader unfamiliar with the strategic and tactical elements of armed combat on a grand scale.
CONTENTS: To Confuse and Confound; How Can We Get at Those People?; Select Your Ground and Make the Enemy Attack You; The Die is Cast; All Delays Are Dangerous in War; You Can Ask for Anything You Like Except Time; All Hell Broke Loose; The Semblance of a Retreat; For of All Sad Words of Tongue or Pen, the Saddest Are These: It Might Have Been!; If You Have Tears, Prepare to Shed Them Now.
"Succeeds in giving the reader an insider's glimpse of ...the decisions that shaped the course of the battle and the future of these United States..." -- Marine Corps Gazette.
