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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and
Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to
explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the
Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on
militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the
all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays
analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the
past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition,
new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the
Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms
race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the
nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the
enormous social and political impact of America's wars.
In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and
Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to
explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the
Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on
militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the
all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays
analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the
past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition,
new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the
Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms
race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the
nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the
enormous social and political impact of America's wars.
Bad Karma: Thinking Twice About the Social Consequences of
Reincarnation Theory is a cautionary study set in the context of
the history of ideas. The thesis of the book is that rising
popularity of reincarnation theory in American culture poses a
significant danger- especially in light of the dramatic transitions
brought about by the globalization of corporate values in the 21st
century. America faces an immediate future in which displacement
and social stratification will be a prominent feature of the social
life. Viewed through the prism of reincarnation theory, desperate
poverty may come to be seen not as an outrage to justice, but as an
expression of justice- justice on a "deeper" level. Those born into
wretched circumstances will be seen as having made choices as to
their birth; brutal and deprived lives will be seen as people
"working out their karma." The book opens with a philosophical
analysis of the doctrines of both reincarnation and karma. The
history of the doctrines in India will be reviewed, and various
emergences of reincarnation doctrine in the West will be presented.
Special attention brought to why none of these emergences took root
in Western culture. Finally, the development of Buddhism in America
is assessed, with special attention given to whether an American
version of Buddhism necessarily entails a belief in reincarnation.
Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and
Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers. But
when the stories jumped from the page to the circus stage and
beyond, their cultural, economic, and political influence
revolutionized popular culture and daily life. In this expansive
and engaging narrative William Acree guides readers through the
deep history of popular entertainment before turning to circus
culture and rural dramas that celebrated the countryside on stage.
More than just riveting social experiences, these dramas were among
the region's most dominant attractions on the eve of the twentieth
century. Staging Frontiers further explores the profound impacts
this phenomenon had on the ways people interacted and on the
broader culture that influenced the region. This new, modern
popular culture revolved around entertainment and related Products,
yet it was also central to making sense of social class, ethnic
identity, and race as demographic and economic transformations were
reshaping everyday experiences in this rapidly urbanizing region.
In the South, one can find any number of bronze monuments to the
Confederacy featuring heroic images of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and many lesser commanders. But while the
tarnish on such statues has done nothing to color the reputation of
those great leaders, there remains one Confederate commander whose
tarnished image has nothing to do with bronze monuments. Nowhere in
the South does a memorial stand to Lee's intimate friend and
second-in-command James Longstreet.
In "Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant," William Garrett Piston examines
the life of James Longstreet and explains how a man so revered
during the course of the war could fall from grace so swiftly and
completely. Unlike other generals in gray whose deeds are familiar
to southerners and northerners alike, Longstreet has the image not
of a hero but of an incompetent who lost the Battle of Gettysburg
and, by extension, the war itself. Piston's reappraisal of the
general's military record establishes Longstreet as an energetic
corps commander with an unsurpassed ability to direct troops in
combat, as a trustworthy subordinate willing to place the war
effort above personal ambition. He made mistakes, but Piston shows
that he did not commit the grave errors at Gettysburg and elsewhere
of which he was so often accused after the war.
In discussing Longstreet's postwar fate, Piston analyzes the
literature and public events of the time to show how the southern
people, in reaction to defeat, evolved an image of themselves which
bore little resemblance to reality. As a product of the Georgia
backwoods, Longstreet failed to meet the popular cavalier image
embodied by Lee, Stuart, and other Confederate heroes. When he
joined the Republican party during Reconstruction, Longstreet
forfeited his wartime reputation and quickly became a convenient
target for those anxious to explain how a "superior people" could
have lost the war. His new role as the villain of the Lost Cause
was solidified by his own postwar writings. Embittered by years of
social ostracism resulting from his Republican affiliation,
resentful of the orchestrated deification of Lee and Stonewall
Jackson, Longstreet exaggerated his own accomplishments and
displayed a vanity that further alienated an already offended
southern populace.
Beneath the layers of invective and vilification remains a
general whose military record has been badly maligned. "Lee's
Tarnished Lieutenant" explains how this reputation developed--how
James Longstreet became, in the years after Appomattox, the
scapegoat for the South's defeat, a Judas for the new religion of
the Lost Cause.
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Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and
Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers. But
when the stories jumped from the page to the circus stage and
beyond, their cultural, economic, and political influence
revolutionized popular culture and daily life. In this expansive
and engaging narrative William Acree guides readers through the
deep history of popular entertainment before turning to circus
culture and rural dramas that celebrated the countryside on stage.
More than just riveting social experiences, these dramas were among
the region's most dominant attractions on the eve of the twentieth
century. Staging Frontiers further explores the profound impacts
this phenomenon had on the ways people interacted and on the
broader culture that influenced the region. This new, modern
popular culture revolved around entertainment and related Products,
yet it was also central to making sense of social class, ethnic
identity, and race as demographic and economic transformations were
reshaping everyday experiences in this rapidly urbanizing region.
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