Distant Drums is not a tale of great generals; glorious campaigns; or of distinguished statesmen. It is the story of the people of Herkimer County; New York; people not unlike their brethren of the North or their enemies of the South; caught up in the cataclysm that was the Civil War. It is a story best told by that community of common folk and therefore it relies most heavily on personal letters; regimental histories and articles from the county's major newspaper; the Herkimer County Journal.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Sorta reads like a ReportBy Writing HistorianI was hoping that this book might be an edited version of a memoir written by Hansell which is currently held at the Air Force Academy Library. It is not. In fact; it reads like a report by a senior officer who has been told to write an account that supports the overall agenda of his particular service. So while some parts are informative; it is neither complete nor objective. Recommended with caution.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Precision High Explosive vs. Area Incendiary BombingBy Michael J LeahyHaywood Hansell helped develop stategic bombing theory and he was the first commander of the WWII XXI Bomber Command. Hansell's command attacked mainland Japan with B-29 bombers concentrating on aircraft manufacturing targets. Hansell was replaced by Curtis LeMay who concentrated on low level area incendiary bombing of Japanese cities.This memior makes a cogent argument that precision strategic bombing could have efficiently destroyed Japan's ability to wage war without incinerating the roughly 330;000 Japanese civilians that died from the incendiary; and atomic bomb; attacks. This work is very well written; and documented. It is a work that I wish all American high school students were required to read.I prefer this work to LeMay's autobiography; "Mission With LeMay;" and Werrell's recent "Blankets of Fire." The contrast between this work and LeMay's autobiography is extraordinary.
