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Allegiance : Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War
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Stan
Dobry: Książka, która była czytana, ale nadal jest w dobrym stanie. Na okładce widoczne są ...
Original Language
Italian
ISBN
9780151006410
Book Title
Allegiance : Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War
Item Length
9in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2001
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.2in
Author
David Detzer
Genre
History
Topic
Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Foreward by Gene Smith, author of Lee and Grant An original and deeply human portrait of soldiers and civilians caught in the vortex of war. So vividly does Allegiance re-create the events leading to the firing of the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861, that we can feel the fabric of the Union tearing apart. It is a tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians, and dedicated and honorable soldiers on both sides. The six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next until Lincoln's inauguration, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. At the center of this dramatic narrative is the heroic figure of Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy. With little help from Washington, D.C., Anderson almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight. David Detzer's decade-long research illuminates the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and individuals on both sides who changed American history. No other historian has given us a clearer or more intimate picture of the human drama of Fort Sumter.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0151006415
ISBN-13
9780151006410
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1718576

Product Key Features

Book Title
Allegiance : Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War
Author
David Detzer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
2001
Genre
History
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E471.1.D48 2001
Reviews
PRAISE FOR ALLEGIANCE "A splendid story of people, ordinary and extraordinary, living through extraordinary experiences . . . Their story has never before been told so well."--James M. McPherson "Historical reporting at its best."--Richmond Times-Dispatch "Allegiance should take a place as the definitive word on the first moments of our greatest national tragedy."--William C. Davis --, Detzer (The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962) limns the daily lives of the men and women caught in the 1861 secession crisis in Charleston, SC, to show how personalities and circumstances determined the advent of the Civil War. With a novelist's gift for storytelling and an artist's eye for detail, the author brings new drama and insight to the well-worn narrative of the "firing of the first shot" of the war. He casts as his "hero" Maj. Robert Anderson, whose military experience, intelligence, and clear sense of duty held Fort Sumter for the Union for crucial days while politicians and generals dithered. Detzer's understanding of the culture of garrison life and the limited resources and character of the regular U.S. Army, then hardly the citizen-soldiers celebrated in popular literature and song, deepens the drama and makes the defense of the Union forts all the more remarkable. Though the author sometimes overplays the significance of Anderson's maneuvers, he gives a gripping account of how many earnest men lost control of events. For public and academic libraries. Randall M. Miller, Saint Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia, PRAISE FOR ALLEGIANCE "A splendid story of people, ordinary and extraordinary, living through extraordinary experiences . . . Their story has never before been told so well."--James M. McPherson "Historical reporting at its best."-- Richmond Times-Dispatch " Allegiance should take a place as the definitive word on the first moments of our greatest national tragedy."--William C. Davis, This oft-told war story has all the elements of a military epic: a divided nation, trigger-happy politicians, unruly crowds, dedicated soldiers, a change in presidential administrations. Detzer (Thunder of the Captain), Connecticut State University professor emeritus of history, spent a decade researching primary and secondary sources for this decisive moment in American history. A superb popular history is the result, bringing to life the men (on both sides) who were responsible for the first shots of the Civil War. The central figure in this drama is Maj. Robert Anderson, commander of the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor. With little guidance from his superiors in Washington, Anderson occupied the unfinished Fort Sumter in December 1860. He and his tiny command were pawns in the political game between the newly formed Confederacy and the new Lincoln administration. Detzer's writing style brings the reader into close contact with soldiers, civilians and politicians as they struggle to solve the fate of Anderson and his men. Their tense story culminates on April 12, 1861, when a South Carolina cannon opened fire on the fort, and Detzer weighs the evidence that Lincoln goaded the South into doing it. Detzer's style "As Anderson and the rest waited, alone and isolated, rasped by tension, an incident occurred that nearly crushed Robert's will" won't be for everyone, but its immediacy, engagement and basis in fact are unquestionable. 8 pages of photos not seen by PW. (Apr.) Forecast: It would take a dramatization on the big or small screen for which its characterizations make this book ripe to drum up interest in this book's narrow-focus subject. But this carefully researched book could pop up on Intro to American History syllabi, as it will prove tempting bait for ambivalent students.
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-050570
Dewey Decimal
973.7/31
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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