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From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to
the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard
Wheeler uses the words of participants - both Northern and Southern
- to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal battles
to life. Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a
startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that
entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its
best.
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The story of one of the bloodiest battles in history, resulting in
the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, is documented
with a personal touch; the author himself was a member of that
company. It is a searing and unique account of that battle, told
from the perspective of both the gallant U.S. Marines who invaded
the island and the brave Japanese soldiers who defended it.
A remarkable glimpse into the lives that shaped a nation. Acclaimed
historian and author Richard Wheeler revisits the American Civil
War in his final book. He guides us through the conflict from 1861
to 1865 using scores of rare anecdotes, personal accounts, and
amusing observations from the people who bore witness. Our Storied
Civil War brings to life the struggle that reunited America, just
in time for its 150th anniversary.
Shell shock, battle fatigue, posttraumatic stress disorder, lack of
moral courage: different terms for the same mental condition,
formal names that change with observed circumstances and whenever
experts feel prompted to coin a more suitable descriptive term for
the shredding of the human spirit. Although the specter of
psychological dysfunction has marched alongside all soldiers in all
wars, always at the ready to ravish minds, rarely is it discussed
when the topic is America’s greatest conflict, the Civil War. Yet
mind-destroying terror was as present at Gettysburg and Antietam as
in Vietnam and today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drawing almost
exclusively from extensive primary accounts, Dennis W. Brandt
presents a detailed case study of mental stress that is exceptional
in the vast literature of the American Civil War. Pathway to Hell
offers sobering insight into the horrors that war wreaked upon one
young man and illuminates the psychological aspect of the War
Between the States.
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