Jubal A. Early’s disastrous battles in the Shenandoah Valley ultimately resulted in his ignominious dismissal. But Early’s lesser-known summer campaign of 1864; between his raid on Washington and Phil Sheridan’s renowned fall campaign; had a significant impact on the political and military landscape of the time. By focusing on military tactics and battle history; Scott C. Patchan uncovers the facts and actions of these little-understood battles and offers a new perspective on Early’s contributions to the Confederate war effort—and to Union battle plans and politicking.
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful. It was written like a doctoral thesisBy William ZalewskiIt was written like a doctoral thesis. It was dry; full of obfuscations; and seemed to lack direction. I have been known to read about quantum theory; but this had no interesting features to recommend it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Pilgrim and Political PeopleBy Steve MilliesBushlack has delivered a fresh and thoughtful perspective on Aquinas's enduring contribution to our theological and political understanding. Too often; the temptation with St. Thomas either is to embrace him or to dismiss him because his work was so exhaustively systematic. It seems people either are drawn to a perception of rigidity; all questions having been answered forever; or repelled by it. Yet what is best in Aquinas and in the church's tradition is not really rigid or fixed at all. It is flexible; adaptable; eternal; and so we neither should embrace it nor dismiss it very easily. Aquinas always challenges us in the fresh light of changing circumstances. Bushlack finds his method in this exacting (and; true) proposition; and takes up the metaphor of pilgrimage to consider the common good in the light of a fragmented world and a secular political culture. There are no easy answers; and Bushlack has not offered any. To navigate in the social and political world as Catholics among non-Catholics can be uncomfortable. We ought not to be tempted by the allure of easy answers; either to give up or to circle the wagons to build a ghetto of certainty. The strength of this book lies in its bold and honest effort to link the eternal to the temporal; the ancient tradition of the church to our present lives. Pilgrims walk a long and hard road; the effort taxes us--and; it should if the journey has value. But the road began someplace; and it leads someplace when we walk it.
