Celebrities list / James McPherson

Dodger To begin, I hated the loss to the Phillies. Anyway, when you say "Yet they failed to surrender does not, in my opinion, translate into an increased strategic threat to the national security of the United States. Surrender or no surrender, they were not in any position to invade the West Coast, Hawaii, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, are any other place of strategic value."...

Dodger To begin, I hated the loss to the Phillies. Anyway, when you say "Yet they failed to surrender does not, in my opinion, translate into an increased strategic threat to the national security of the United States. Surrender or no surrender, they were not in any position to invade the West Coast, Hawaii, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, are any other place of strategic value."...

Just finished Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson An excellent one volume history of the Civil War. Starting in the Mexican War the book examines the the various events;Bloody Kansas, Dred Scott, Fugitive Slave Law etc. that lead up to Lincoln's election and the secession of the Confederate States. Then once Lincoln is elected it follows both the military and political battles of the...

I searched out the Grant vs. Lee thread and found it only to discover that it had been closed, so I'm posting some observations on Lee and Virginia generals/officers in general, by James McPherson and a source that he cites in one of his essays "How the Confederacy Almost Won", which can be found in his book, Drawn With The Sword. This excerpt also is pertinent to the thread which I ...

October Tripwire by Lee Childs  8 In the Dark by Mark Billingham 8 Long Lost by Harlen Coben (a Myron Bolitar novel) 8 Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg by James McPherson Currently Reading......206 Bones by Kathy Reichs Brenda October 11, 2009

October Tripwire by Lee Childs  8 In the Dark by Mark Billingham 8 Long Lost by Harlen Coben (a Myron Bolitar novel) 8 Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg by James McPherson Currently Reading......206 Bones by Kathy Reichs Brenda October 11, 2009

James McPherson, author of "The Battle Cry of Freedom", probably the best book about the Civil War era, reviewed John Keegan's new book, "The American Civil War: A Military History." Although McPherson has some kind things to say, it looks like an uncharacteristically weak effort for Keegan. Keegan apparently gets numerous geographical facts wrong. He notes that North Carolina was uninvaded ...

I was almost going to skip this month since I couldn't find a book realted to a place and it was just too busy of a month to look for one but decided to try for one realted to my next trip and this week read a nice short book on The Battle of Gettysburg.  A Walk at Gettysburg..Hallowed Ground by James McPherson Brenda October 11, 2009