MOSBY'S RANGERS. The true adventures of the most famous command of the Civil War
Language: English
Published by A Touchstone Book, New York, 1990
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384 páginas. "Mosby's Rangers" es una de las monografías historiográficas más aclamadas y rigurosas sobre las operaciones de guerra irregular durante la Guerra de Secesión estadounidense. El texto narra las verdaderas peripecias del 43.º Batallón de Caballería de Virginia, una unidad de comandos rebeldes liderada por el legendario coronel John Singleton Mosby (apodado "El Fantasma Gris"). El autor utiliza diarios, cartas de combatientes e informes oficiales para reconstruir de forma vibrante las tácticas de guerra de guerrillas, incursiones nocturnas y sabotajes tras las líneas de la Unión que convirtieron a este comando en el más famoso del conflicto. La obra destaca por un enfoque equilibrado que desmitifica la leyenda romántica sureña sin restarle un ápice de pulso épico y realismo a las brutales dinámicas del combate a caballo. Jeffry D. Wert (nacido en 1947) es un eminente historiador, escritor y académico estadounidense, ampliamente reconocido como uno de los máximos expertos contemporáneos en la Guerra Civil Americana y las campañas militares del frente de Virginia. Antiguo profesor de historia en la Penns Valley Area High School, ha publicado numerosas biografías y ensayos de enorme éxito crítico, destacando por su capacidad para combinar un aparato documental exhaustivo con una narrativa ágil y accesible para el gran público.…
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- Title
- MOSBY'S RANGERS. The true adventures of the most famous command of the Civil War
- Author
- Wert, Jeffry D.
- Publisher
- A Touchstone Book, New York
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Bien
- Binding
- Encuadernación de tapa blanda
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0671673602
- ISBN 13
- 9780671673604
- Edition
- Primera Edicion.
- Dimensions
- Formato en 4°
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Perhaps no figures of the Civil War have been surrounded with more romanticism than John S. Mosby and his band of rebel rangers. Formed in mid-1863, Mosby's partisans confounded all Union attempts to destroy them, and for 28 months supplied Lee with priceless intelligence while wreaking havoc behind federal lines in northern Virginia. In telling anew Mosby's story, Wert has drawn extensively on previously neglected primary sources and provided a balanced history of the famous battalion. Although acknowledging that Mosby and the rangers were "among some of the finest guerrillas in history," Wert avoids attributing monumental importance to them. They did not prolong the war nor siphon off thousands of Union troops. In the long run they simply increased the harshness and cost of the conflict. This book sets new standards for such studies; it is essential for scholars but great for general readers too. History Book Club main selection.
- Thomas E. Schott, Office of History, 17th Air Force, Sembach AB, Germany
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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