This study investigates the decisive factors that affected the Confederate command during the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson campaign in February 1862. The thesis is relevant not only to the study of history; but as a series of lessons for senior leaders today. In the final analysis; the ultimate failure of the Confederates during the campaign can be attributed directly to Albert Sidney Johnston. As the department commander he failed to develop an adequate strategy to meet the invasion of Grant's army or to insure that each subordinate command was prepared. Most damaging of all; Johnston neglected the defenses of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers; which were the key invasion routes into his department. Johnston also errred badly in his selection of a commander for the beleaguered garrison of Fort Donelson. John B. Floyd's ineptitude and dishonorable acts sealed the fort's fate and assured victory for the North.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A call to seriously attend to the mystery of the Incarnation and to our own blessed embodimentBy mdprofThis book by Bantum is very enlightening for all those who wish to gain insight into being mixed race and African American in the United States today. The author's challenge to re-imagine false; dangerous; and suffocating understandings of race is compelling. Built on the foundation of Christianity; Bantum invites his readers to attend to the mystery of the Incarnation and to our own blessed embodiment in contributing to a "new Christianity in a racialized world." All those who consider themselves followers of Jesus Christ are charged to engage the author's considerations since all of our lives depend on it--especially black and brown sisters and brothers who bear the brunt of race-based exclusion and hatred.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An incredible book that lays out an accessible theology of ...By CustomerAn incredible book that lays out an accessible theology of the body. It is not a how-to book; but instead offers a new way of seeing and being in this world.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good for gaining perspective but flowery language difficult to followBy CustomerI found this book useful for me to gain the benefit of someone else's experience but the author's writing style was often difficult to follow. The book reads like a sermon; with many ideas being presented symbolically and then later recalled and represented using different symbolic language. He does an excellent job at creating these powerful metaphors but I found myself many time losing the message somewhere in the metaphor. I had to do a lot of note taking to try and track his arguments and even then found I would lose the thread.Overall; this book was valuable to me for gaining an honest perspective of life in a racial world. As a white American protestant male; I found it beneficial to hear of the author and his wife's individual struggles in coming up against a world (and church establishment) which seeks to define and limit them based on their outward appearance or gender. I haven't had this experience in my life and was introduced to several new lines of thinking in Dr. Bantum's work.As far as practical application; the author himself said that this book is not a "how-to". His purpose was primarily in shining a new light on the issue of race in our culture and then inviting us to begin the risky work of entering one another's lives and seeking each other's flourishing.Overall; I'd recommend reading this work if you are interested in the topic of race and Christianity; but I'd say this is certainly more of a jumping-off point rather than a definitive work.
