Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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... idea that he might instigate single - handed a slave rebellion that would put an end to slavery and make John Brown himself one of the great heroes of history . Emotions of grandeur , of compassion , of revenge , of blood - lust ...
... idea that he might instigate single - handed a slave rebellion that would put an end to slavery and make John Brown himself one of the great heroes of history . Emotions of grandeur , of compassion , of revenge , of blood - lust ...
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... idea of preserving the Union , there was that . . . but would men fight for such a cloudy abstrac- tion ? Could the uncouth Lincoln drag a whole nation into war on such a flimsy pretext ? In this , as in all wars , most of the actual ...
... idea of preserving the Union , there was that . . . but would men fight for such a cloudy abstrac- tion ? Could the uncouth Lincoln drag a whole nation into war on such a flimsy pretext ? In this , as in all wars , most of the actual ...
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... ideas into it , for weeks , not directly , but by discussion among themselves , in his presence . In the end , he would an- nounce the idea as his own , without seeming conscious of the discussion ; and would give the orders to carry it ...
... ideas into it , for weeks , not directly , but by discussion among themselves , in his presence . In the end , he would an- nounce the idea as his own , without seeming conscious of the discussion ; and would give the orders to carry it ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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