Stempel, a historian who specializes in the Eastern campaigns of the American Civil War, tells the story of how during the war, William B. Cushing was charged to destroy the Confederate ironclad CSS A
"This thoughtful study journeys across time and disciplines to examine and sensibly explain human warfare, clarify its source and driving energy, and thoughtfully develop the prospect of a true and la
It is commonly accepted that the South could never have won the Civil War. By chronicling perhaps the best of the South's limited opportunities to turn the tide, this provocative study argues that Con
