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John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory (Paperback)
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John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory (Paperback)
Series: The Western Theater in the Civil War
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Some Southern generals, like Lee and Jackson, have stood the test
of time, celebrated in their place in history. And then there are
generals like John Bell Hood, reviled and ridiculed by generations
of Civil War historians as one of the inglorious architects of the
Confederate disgrace in the Western Theater. The time has come to
rethink this long-held notion, argues Brian Miller, in his
comprehensive new biography, John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil
War Memory, and to reassess John Bell Hood as a man, a myth, and a
memory. In this first biography of the general in more than twenty
years, Miller offers a new, original perspective, directly
challenging those historians who have pointed to Hood's perceived
personality flaws, his alleged abuse of painkillers, and other
unsubstantiated claims as proof of his incompetence as a military
leader. This book takes into account Hood's entire life-as a
student at West Point, his meteoric rise and fall as a soldier and
Civil War commander, and his career as a successful postwar
businessman. In many ways, Hood represents a typical southern man,
consumed by personal and societal definitions of manhood that were
threatened by amputation and preserved and reconstructed by Civil
War memory. Miller consults an extensive variety of sources,
explaining not only what Hood did but also the environment in which
he lived and how it affected him. What emerges is a more nuanced,
balanced portrait, unfettered by the one-sided perceptions of
previous historical narratives. It gives Hood the fair treatment he
has been denied for far too long. By looking at Hood's formative
years, his wartime experiences, and his postwar struggles to
preserve his good name, this book opens up a provocative new
perspective on the life of this controversial figure.
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