In 1791 Great Britain faced the task of establishing diplomatic relations with its rebellious former colony, the United States. "Tories and Democrats" follows nine successive British emissaries to the fledgling nation from the years 1791 through 1823. In animated prose, William Masterson takes readers along on the diplomats' assignments, showing the acumen or blundering, the ease or annoyance with which they carried out their instructions in the peripatetic American capital, the one on the Potomac being considered particularly devoid of the physical necessities of life. Masterson's...
In 1791 Great Britain faced the task of establishing diplomatic relations with its rebellious former colony, the United States. "Tories and Democrats"...
Scholarly and of broad general interest. Its balanced treatment provides the reader with concise yet accurate information, and its application of statistics to the study pf collective biography and political leadership will prove of interest to the student and scholar of the Civil War. . . . Recommended for public and academic libraries. Booklist
Scholarly and of broad general interest. Its balanced treatment provides the reader with concise yet accurate information, and its application of stat...
"Their tattered flags became the symbol of a defeated class, and Vandiver's description of aristocratic Southern leadership in crisis is a real contribution to the literature of the Civil War."--"New York Times Book Review"
" . . . goes beyond the legendary heroism of the Lees and the Johnstons and the fabled soldiers in gray and shows how and why these men were unable to create an independent Southern nation."--Bruce Catton
"A Southern mirror to Bruce Catton's splendid books on the Civil War . . . written with the pace of a Confederate infantry charge."--Robert K. Massie
"Their tattered flags became the symbol of a defeated class, and Vandiver's description of aristocratic Southern leadership in crisis is a real con...
Josiah Gorgas Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins Frank E. Vandiver
Josiah Gorgas was best known as the highly regarded Chief of Confederate Ordnance. Born in 1818, he attended West Point, served in the U.S. Army, and later, after marrying Amelia Gayle, daughter of a former Alabama governor, joined the Confederacy. After the Civil War he served as president of The University of Alabama until ill health forced him to resign. His journals, maintained between 1857 and 1878, reflect the family's economic successes and failures, detail the course of the South through the Civil War, and describe the ordeal of Reconstruction. Few journals cover such a sweep of...
Josiah Gorgas was best known as the highly regarded Chief of Confederate Ordnance. Born in 1818, he attended West Point, served in the U.S. Army, a...
This National Book Award finalist traces the life of the general whose career began on the western frontier and culminated with victory in a world war. Using both domestic and foreign sources, many heretofore untapped, Frank Vandiver focuses on the qualities of and challenges to Pershing the soldier without losing sight of the man who wore the uniform. Vandiver gives special attention to Pershing's stint as head of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, his fourteen years' service in the Far East, and his unusual role as manager-organizer of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Here...
This National Book Award finalist traces the life of the general whose career began on the western frontier and culminated with victory in a world war...
