Herbert Hoover's "magnum opus"—at last published nearly fifty years after its completion—offers a revisionist reexamination of World War II and its cold war aftermath and a sweeping indictment of the "lost statesmanship" of Franklin Roosevelt. Hoover offers his frank evaluation of Roosevelt's foreign policies before Pearl Harbor and policies during the war; as well as an examination of the war's consequences; including the expansion of the Soviet empire at war's end and the eruption of the cold war against the Communists.
#2994292 in Books University Alabama Press 2002-01-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .90 x 6.00l; 1.03 #File Name: 0817311181200 pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Heartbreaking; Haunting Letters that will Touch You to the CoreBy DDSCThis is the best Southern collection of letters written between a husband and wife that I have read. They never give first hand descriptions of great battles; but instead describe the great daily battles that Emily; a 25 year old pregnant mother of five must endure to survive on her own in the absence of her husband. In terms of popular literature think "Cold Mountain"; not "Gone With the Wind." The Moxley's came from the yeoman class and had neither slaves nor large landholdings.The letters between Emily and her husband; Captain William Moxley; begin on August 22; 1861 and end a brief six months later in February; 1862. Though the Confederacy was largely successful in 1861 and the area that the Moxley's lived in; southeast Alabama; was far from any action; food and money had already become scarce by September. Emily struggled to get food without money; to collect debts and to take care of their home. She finds that there are few men around to work and most weren't dependable. On September 3rd she wrote that she could not sleep because the door to the house was broken saying "I was afraid to lie down at night with the door open." She had to beg and borrow to get meat and on December 23 wrote her husband "you don't know how I feel to start out to get meat and not one cent to get it with. . ." When her oldest child; George; needed pants there was no money to buy any. Nine year old George had to become a man before his time. When school started; Emily sent her oldest daughter; but kept George at home because "I cannot do without him yet; for I want him to attend to little Davis and cut wood and make fires."Captain Moxley's letters give interesting descriptions of the 18th Alabama Infantry's camp life in the winter of 1861-62 when sickness was epidemic. They provide valuable glimpses into discipline; training and morale in the early days of the Confederate army. During the winter of 1861-62 the 18th Alabama was stationed in Alabama.There is a lot of tenderness in Emily and William's letters. When Emily and William parted in the summer of 1861; he wrote that "I looked after you as long as I could see the carriage." My favorite was in Emily's September 3; 1861 letter to William. She wrote; "Dear Husband; . . . You told me to comb my hair ever time I thought of you. That is out of my power; for I would do nothing but comb it; for there is not one minute in the day but what I think of you."The editors have done a good job in providing notes and good maps to accompany these letters which also include many other letters to other family members. Other Alabama regiments are mentioned besides the 18th Alabama most prominently the 25th Alabama Infantry.With over 200 published Civil War diaries; reminiscences; and collections of letters in my personal library; I would put this work as one of my favorites. It made me see this tragic event in our history at the most basic; personal level.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Read on Civil War by a normal family. No politics.By cmox-okGreat book. I enjoyed reading it more since it's my 3rd Great grandfather; but it's a good look into the lives of a regular family and how they are affected by the civil war.
