Win the battles of defending your retreat by avoiding them! Learn how to harden your city or rural refuge by locating it well and disguising it. “The best defense is obscurity; unobtrusiveness and silence;†Benson writes. Chapters are Who Is the Enemy?; What If It Comes to a Fight?; Beyond Firepower and more.
#609975 in Books Kent State University Press 1999-05-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.26 x .62 x 6.18l; 1.44 #File Name: 0873386299392 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Winners and Losers at GettysburgBy Scott L. GibsonThere has never been any question over who won at Gettysburg. However; to this day; debate continues over who was responsible for victory and defeat. In his examination of the battles at Gettysburg; Gary Gallagher presents 13 essays by various historians on Union and Confederate leadership. My only criticism of this work is that the articles are very uneven. Gallagher's two articles along with essays by Alan Nolan and Carol Reardon are well researched and well worth reading. Reardon's essay; "James Longstreet's Virginia Defenders;" is a fine examination of the controversy following the war that divided Longstreet's and Lee's defenders over who was ultimately responsible for the defeat at Gettysburg. Unfortunately; there are a few essays that gave me pause to wonder why they were published. All things considered; Gallagher has done a fine job of presenting a series of essays that illustrate how the leaders in blue and gray at Gettysburg continue to to challenge us and confound us in our search for answers.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. SuperBy Rabbit the ReaderBrilliant; like everything else he writes. This was not Lee's finest hour and blaming Longstreet and Stewart for the Confederate loss is just so 1930's.Freeman and Costain both spent too much time paying attention to Jubal Early and deification of Lee. There is no question that Lee was brilliant; he was not however perfect. Shelby Foote comes close in his chapter on Gettysburg; "The Stars in Their Courses." Lee was not only fighting Meade; he also had to fight Murphy; and Murphy was at Gettysburg (just like he was at Fredericksburg; just for the other side.).0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Gettysburg; enough saidBy David MarshallGreat essays from leading experts put together by a master academic and editor.
