Acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander offers a fresh and cogent analysis of Stonewall Jackson's military gen
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English Year 2014
Table of contents :
Introduction: Jackson's recipes for victory --
The making of a soldier --
"There stands Jackson like a stone wall" --
Jackson shows a way to victory --
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign --
The disaster of the Seven Days --
Finding a different way to win --
Second Manassas --
Calamity in Maryland --
Hollow victory --
The fatal blow --
Epilogue: the cause lost.