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Gary W. Gallagher Bücher

    Gary W. Gallagher ist ein herausragender Historiker des Bürgerkriegs, der sich intensiv damit beschäftigt, wie Ereignisse und ihr Erbe durch kulturelle Narrative geformt werden. Seine Arbeit untersucht die komplexen Motivationen und Wahrnehmungen der Beteiligten des Konflikts und analysiert, wie populäre Kunst und Medien unser Verständnis der Vergangenheit beeinflussen. Gallaghers Ansatz konzentriert sich auf die breiteren Auswirkungen des Krieges und darauf, wie diese Ereignisse in der kollektiven Erinnerung und historischen Interpretation fortbestehen.

    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

      • 227 Seiten
      • 8 Lesestunden
      5,0(1)Abgeben

      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

      • 294 Seiten
      • 11 Lesestunden
      4,4(3)Abgeben

      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

      • 144 Seiten
      • 6 Lesestunden
      3,7(12)Abgeben

      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

      • 328 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      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