Book ☆ Decision in the West The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Modern War Studies É Albert E. Castel
Takes AtlantaOne of the most dramatic and decisive episodes of the Civil War the Atlanta Campaign was a military operation carried out on a grand scale across a spectacular landscape that pitted some of the war's best and worst general against each otherIn Decision in the West Albert Castel provides the first detailed history of the Campaign published since Jacob D Cox's version appeared in 1882 Unlike Cox who was a general in Sherman's army Castel provides an objective perspective and a comprehensive account based on primary and secondary sources that have become available in the past 110 yearsCastel gives a full and ba This in 572 pages is as complete an account of Sherman’s campaign to take Atlanta as ca
Albert E. Castel É Decision in the West The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Modern War Studies Pdf
Decision in the West The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Modern War StudiesLanced treatment to the operations of both the Union and Confederate armies from the perspective of the common soldiers as well as the top generals He offers new accounts and analyses of many of the major events of the campaign and in the process corrects many long standing myths misconceptions and mistakes In particular he challenges the standard view of Sherman's performanceWritten in present tense to give a sense of immediacy and greater realism Decision in the West demonstrates definitively than any previous book how the capture of Atlanta by Sherman's army occurred and why it assured Northern victory in the Civil Wa This book has two problems One it's written in the present tense though that's the lesser