audiobook The Rise and Fall of the Christian Myth: Restoring Our Democratic Ideals by Burton L. Mack in History

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When John Bell Hood entered into the services of the Confederate Army; he was 29 years old; a handsome man and courageous soldier; loyal to the ideal of Confederate Independence and eager to fight for it. He led his men bravely into the battles of Second Manassas; Gaines's Mill; Sharpsburg; Fredericksburg; Gettysburg; and Chickamauga. He rose fast; attaining the temporary rank of full general; only to fall faster. Hood emerged from the war with his left arm shattered and uselss; his right leg missing; his face aged far beyond his 33 years; and with his military reputation in disgrace. Blamed by contemporaries for contributing to the defeat of his beloved Confederacy; Hood struggled to refute their accusations. His most vehement critic; General Johnston; charged Hood with insubordination while serving under him and; after succeeding him in command; of recklessly leading Confederate troops to their “slaughter” and “useless butchery.” Sherman; too; in his Memoirs;took a harsh view of Hood. Born of controversy; Advance and Retreat is of course a highly controversial book. It is also full of invaluable information and insights into the retreat from Dalton in early 1864; the fighting around Atlanta; and the disastrous Tennessee Campaign in winter of that year. Far from being a careful; sober; objective account; this book is the passionate; bitter attempt of a soldier to rebut history's judgment of himself as general and man.