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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787532503321

Autore

Peskin Allan

Titolo

Winfield Scott and the profession of arms [[electronic resource] /] / Allan Peskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, OH, : Kent State University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-61277-369-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

355/.0092

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Soggetti

Generals - United States

Mexican War, 1846-1848

United States History, Military To 1900

United States History War of 1812 Biography

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter One: Hotspur""; ""Chapter Two: Captain""; ""Chapter Three: Defeat""; ""Chapter Four: Rocket""; ""Chapter Five: Victory""; ""Chapter Six: Hero""; ""Chapter Seven: Professional""; ""Chapter Eight: Midlife Crisis""; ""Chapter Nine: Troubleshooter""; ""Chapter Ten: Failure""; ""Chapter Eleven: Pacificator""; ""Chapter Twelve: Politician""; ""Chapter Thirteen: Commander""; ""Chapter Fourteen: Middle Age""; ""Chapter Fifteen: War""; ""Chapter Sixteen: Invasion""; ""Chapter Seventeen: Siege""

""Chapter Eighteen: Advance""""Chapter Nineteen: Halt""; ""Chapter Twenty: Successes""; ""Chapter Twenty-One: Triumph""; ""Chapter Twenty-Two: Persecutions""; ""Chapter Twenty-Three: Candidate""; ""Chapter Twenty-Four: Exile""; ""Chapter Twenty-Five: Return""; ""Chapter Twenty-Six: Secession""; ""Chapter Twenty-Seven: Civil War""; ""Chapter Twenty-Eight: Anaconda""; ""Chapter Twenty-Nine: Fading Away""; ""Notes""; ""Sources Cited""; ""Index""