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100	1		_aDavis, William C., _d1946-, _eauthor. _926661
245	1	0	_aCrucible of command : _bUlysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee -- the war they fought, the peace they forged / _cWilliam C. Davis.
246	3		_aCrucible of command
264		1	_aBoston, MA : _bDa Capo Press, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2014]
300			_axxi, 629 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 593-607) and index.
505	0		_aIcons -- Sons and fathers -- School of the soldier -- Fighting on the same side -- Times of trial -- A crisis made for them -- "What has become of Gen. Lee?", "Who is General Grant?" -- Lee frustrated and Grant victorious -- Shiloh and sevens -- Lee victorious and Grant frustrated -- "What have we to live for if not victories?" -- Two rivers to cross -- July 1863 -- Hints of the inevitable -- "If defeated nothing will be left us to live for" -- "A mere question of time" -- Meeting again -- Grant and Lee in 1868 -- The last meeting.
520			_aThey met in person only four times, yet these two men - Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee - determined the outcome of America's most divisive war and cast larger-than-life shadows over their reunited nation. They came from vastly different backgrounds: Lee from a distinguished family of waning fortunes; Grant, a young man on the make in a new America. Differing circumstances colored their outlooks on life: Lee, the melancholy realist; Grant, the incurable optimist. Then came the Civil War that made them both commanders of armies, leaders of men, and heroes to the multitudes of Americans then and since who rightfully place them in the pantheon of our greatest soldiers. Forged in battle as generals, these two otherwise very different men became almost indistinguishable in their instincts, attributes, attitudes, and skills in command. Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. Exploring their personalities, their characters, their ethical and moral compasses, and their political and military worlds, William C. Davis, one of America's preeminent historians, uses substantial, newly discovered evidence on both men to find surprising similarities between them, as well as new insights and unique interpretations on how their lives prepared them for the war they fought and influenced how they fought it. Crucible of Command is both a gripping narrative of the final year of the war and a fresh, revealing portrait of these two great commanders as they took each other's measure across the battlefield with the aid of millions of men.
600	1	0	_aGrant, Ulysses S. _q(Ulysses Simpson), _d1822-1885. _921354
600	1	0	_aLee, Robert E. _q(Robert Edward), _d1807-1870. _931872
610	1	0	_aConfederate States of America. _bArmy _vBiography. _953771
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _vBiography. _945639
650		0	_aGenerals _zConfederate States of America _vBiography. _953772
650		0	_aGenerals _zUnited States _vBiography. _99045
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _vBiography. _957061
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