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Frank E. Vandiver
Conflicts range from the War of 1812 to the Mexican and Civil Wars, the two World Wars, conflicts in Southeast Asia, and recent wars in the Middle East.
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Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson was undoubtedly one of the most influential military commanders of the Civil War. Had he not met his death early in May, 1863, his influence…
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Discusses the nature and effectiveness of the Confederacy’s high command, the men who composed it, the decisions they made, and the influences that shaped their policies. Frank Vandiver presents not…
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…
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In riveting detail, veteran US Civil War historian Frank E. Vandiver recounts the campaigns and major battles of the first war of the Industrial Revolution, with its machinery, firepower, and…
From the day Lyndon Johnson stepped into the U.S. Presidency, he lived in the shadow of Vietnam. With all his skills as a hard-nosed politician, he should have been successful…
Begun in the late 1940s, before Vandiver enrolled in the doctoral program at Tulane University, research for this book started with his interviewing the Confederate ordnance chief’s daughters and included…
Herman Hattaway
This collection of essays is a compendium of Hattaway’s writings spanning his career of more than 40 years. He has made many important scholarly contributions to the understanding of the…
Jerry Thompson
Had Henry Hopkins Sibley and his Confederate army troops succeeded in capturing New Mexico from the Federals, author Jerry Thompson argues,the entire history of the Southern Confederacy might have…
Josiah Gorgas
The Civil War Diary of Josiah Gorgas is a historical book written by Josiah Gorgas, a Confederate general in the American Civil War. The book is a collection of Gorgas'…
