Overview

Full Product Details

9781441702432

Table of Contents

Reviews

""[An] excellent new study...[Hsieh's] broad military-historical treatment allows him to make an intelligent answer to the question which every Civil War historian has to answer: Why did it grind on for so long?"" -- ""Weekly Standard"" ""Hoye's delivery is clear...he enunciates well and is sufficiently expressive to keep the listener's interest."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""Hsieh challenges studies that have argued that field fortifications and rifles gave the advantage to defenders, insisting instead that other factors, such as leadership, morale, and troop strength were more influential in success or failure. Smart and genuinely stimulating, West Pointers and the Civil War will be controversial in the best sense of the word."" -- ""Joseph T. Glatthaar, author of General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse"" ""The originality and importance of this book are indisputable--both scholars and amateurs will find much that is new in Hsieh's scholarship. West Pointers and the Civil War will challenge all readers to take Civil War officers on their terms, to understand their collective and individualized histories, and to see the contingency of war on the front lines of the Civil War."" -- ""Peter S. Carmichael, author of The Last Generation: Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion"" ""Trac[es] the evolution of military professionalism from the War of 1812 to the Civil War."" -- ""Army""

Author Information

Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh is assistant professor of history at the United States Naval Academy and has served with the US State Department on a provincial reconstruction team in Iraq. Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London's West End. His audiobook narration has won him fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Tab Content 6

Countries Available