P. G. T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray - Hardcover

Williams, T Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1258653818 ISBN 13: 9781258653811

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

An Examination Of The Life And Tactics Of The Controversial Confederate General. Southern Biography Series.

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From the Back Cover

First published in 1955 to wide acclaim, T. Harry Williams' P.G.T. Beauregard is universally regarded as "the first authoritative portrait of the Confederacy's always dramatic, often perplexing" general (Chicago Tribune). Chivalric, arrogant, and of exotic Creole Louisiana origin, Beauregard participated in every phase of the Civil War from its beginning to its end. He rigidly adhered to principles of war derived from his studies of Jomini and Napoleon, and yet many of his battle plans were rejected by his superiors, who regarded him as excitable, unreliable, and contentious. After the war, Beauregard was almost the only prominent Confederate general who adapted successfully to the New South, running railroads and later supervising the notorious Louisiana Lottery. This paradox of a man who fought gallantly to defend the Old South and then helped industrialize it is the fascinating subject of Williams' superb biography.

About the Author

T. Harry Williams (1909--1979) was Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University. He won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Huey Long: A Biography. Among his other works are Lincoln and His Generals, With Beauregard in Mexico, Romance and Realism in Southern Politics, and Americans at War: The Development of the American Military System.

Edition details

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1258653818
• ISBN 13: 9781258653811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 376