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... military history , and was not interested in the subject . That , in my opinion , is a most astonishing fact , and it made me want to write his life . Grant's military reasoning was based on the qualities of directness and tenacity . He ...
... military history , and was not interested in the subject . That , in my opinion , is a most astonishing fact , and it made me want to write his life . Grant's military reasoning was based on the qualities of directness and tenacity . He ...
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... military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to ... military career is a curious phenomenon . He never did become a soldier within the meaning that frames itself in our ...
... military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to ... military career is a curious phenomenon . He never did become a soldier within the meaning that frames itself in our ...
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... military government in all the Southern states , except Ten- nessee . The unrepressed activities of the Ku - Klux was one of the arguments behind this measure , and another was the re- jection of the Fourteenth Amendment by the Southern ...
... military government in all the Southern states , except Ten- nessee . The unrepressed activities of the Ku - Klux was one of the arguments behind this measure , and another was the re- jection of the Fourteenth Amendment by the Southern ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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