{"product_id":"articles-of-war-9780811736701","title":"Articles of War","description":"The American Civil War is filled with fascinating characters. This collection of biographical essays on the \"winners and losers\" of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan, Sam Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few. \u003cbr\u003eIn Articles of War you'll discover: \u003cbr\u003eSome Winners \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUlysses S. Grant, whose brilliant Vicksburg Campaign was a model of military strategy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn A. \"Black Jack\" Logan, one of the war's few successful political generals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNathan Bedford Forrest, a natural military genius despite his \"Lost Cause\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSome Losers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge B. McClellan, whose lack of eagerness cost the Union two opportunities to win the war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarl Van Dorn, a victim of sheer bad luck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheophilus H. Holmes, the little-known incompetent, called \"granny Holmes\" by his own men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSome Winners Who Became Losers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbert Sidney Johnston, the Confederacy's \"General Who Might Have Been\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeonidas Polk, whose initial good luck eventually ran out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Clarke Quantrill, a winner in death but a loser in life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAnd Some Losers Who Became Winners \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSam Houston, who, had he lived longer, could have been a winner in Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, an exceptional man; a capable, but flawed, commander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811736701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Albert Castel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507518206133,"sku":"9780811736701","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bcd14f87-96e6-4c76-944a-7f277f9f87a0.jpg?v=1778565526","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/articles-of-war-9780811736701","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}