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Author: Earl J. Hess
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.700kg
ISBN: 9781469660172
ISBN 10: 1469660172
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 30 October 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Has deservedly reached the apex of Vicksburg scholarship to date and does justice to its author's historical acumen. Highly recommended for all U.S. Middle Period and Civil War historians and biographers, together with students of military command and field strategy.--Library Journal, starred review
Exceptional. . . . [T]horoughly researched and provide[s] detailed and compelling accounts of the battles of May 19 and 22 from the perspectives of both the high commands and the men at the proverbial tip of the spear.--Journal of Southern History There is much to admire. . . . All in all, this is a fine work.--Emerging Civil War Storming Vicksburg is based upon a large and richly diverse collection of primary and secondary sources. This mountain of material is skillfully incorporated into a comprehensive narrative account of the fighting, one that assesses the full breadth of command decisions and vividly records battlefield experiences of all ranks on both sides.--Civil War Books and Authors Has deservedly reached the apex of Vicksburg scholarship to date and does justice to its author's historical acumen. Highly recommended for all U.S. Middle Period and Civil War historians and biographers, together with students of military command and field strategy.--Library Journal, starred review
Storming Vicksburg is a masterpiece from an exceptional historian.""--North Carolina Historical Review Storming Vicksburg is based upon a large and richly diverse collection of primary and secondary sources. This mountain of material is skillfully incorporated into a comprehensive narrative account of the fighting, one that assesses the full breadth of command decisions and vividly records battlefield experiences of all ranks on both sides.""--Civil War Books and Authors Exceptional. . . . [T]horoughly researched and provide[s] detailed and compelling accounts of the battles of May 19 and 22 from the perspectives of both the high commands and the men at the proverbial tip of the spear.""--Journal of Southern History Has deservedly reached the apex of Vicksburg scholarship to date and does justice to its author's historical acumen. Highly recommended for all U.S. Middle Period and Civil War historians and biographers, together with students of military command and field strategy.""--Library Journal, starred review There is much to admire. . . . All in all, this is a fine work.""--Emerging Civil War
Has deservedly reached the apex of Vicksburg scholarship to date and does justice to its author's historical acumen. Highly recommended for all U.S. Middle Period and Civil War historians and biographers, together with students of military command and field strategy.--Library Journal, starred review Storming Vicksburg is based upon a large and richly diverse collection of primary and secondary sources. This mountain of material is skillfully incorporated into a comprehensive narrative account of the fighting, one that assesses the full breadth of command decisions and vividly records battlefield experiences of all ranks on both sides.--Civil War Books and Authors
Author Information
Earl J. Hess is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and award-winning author of many books on the Civil War, including, most recently, Fighting for Atlanta: Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War.
