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How A Free People Conduct A Long War
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Author : Charles Janeway Stillé
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
How A Free People Conduct A Long War written by Charles Janeway Stillé and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with Peninsular War, 1807-1814 categories.
How A Free People Conduct A Long War
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Author : Charles Janeway Stille
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-07-06
How A Free People Conduct A Long War written by Charles Janeway Stille and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-06 with History categories.
Excerpt from How a Free People, Conduct a Long War: Chapter From English History The English have thus been taught that the true characteristic of public opinion, in its judgment of a war, should be, not so much hopefulness or impatience of immediate results, but rather a stern endurance - that King-quality of heroic constancy which, rooted deep in a profound conviction of the justice of the cause, supports a lofty public spirit equally well in the midst of temporary disaster, and in the hour of assured triumph. We have had no such experience here. Our people are perhaps more easily excited by success, and more readily depressed by reverses, than the English, and it is, therefore, worth while to consider how they carried on war on a large scale and for a protracted period. It will be found, if we mistake not, that the denunciations of the Government, so common among us of late, and the complaints of the inactivity of the army, have their exact counterpart in the history of the progress of all the wars in which England has been engaged since the days of the great Rebellion. He who draws consolation from the lessons of the past, will not, we think, seek comfort in vain when he discovers that in all those wars in which the Government and the army have been so bitterly assailed, (except that of the American Revolution, ) England has at last been triumphant. It is worth while, then, to look into English history to understand how war is successfully carried on, notwithstanding the obstacles which, owing to a perverted public opinion, exist within the nation itself. These difficulties, although they inhere in the very nature of a free government, often prove, as we shall see, more fruitful of embarrassment to the favorable prosecution of a war than the active operations of the enemy. We propose to illustrate the propositions which we have advanced, by a study of the series of campaigns known in English history as the Peninsular War. We select this particular war because we think that in many of its events, and in the policy which sustained it, there are to be observed many important, almost startling, parallelisms with our present struggle. We have, of course, no reference to any similarity existing in the principle which produced the two wars, but rather to the striking resemblance in the modes adopted by the two people for prosecuting war on a grand scale, and for the vindication of a principle regarded as of vital importance by them. The Peninsular War, on the part of England, as was contended by the ministry during its progress, and as is now universally recognized, was a struggle not only to maintain her commercial supremacy, (which was then, as it is now, her life, ) but also to protect her own soil from invasion by the French, by transferring the scene of conflict to distant Spain. The general purpose of assisting the alliance against Napoleon seems always to have been a subordinate motive. It is now admitted by all historians, that upon success in this war depended not only England's rank among nations, but her very existence as an independent people. The war was carried on for more than five years, and on a scale, so far as the number of men and the extent of the military operations are concerned, until then wholly unattempted by England in her European wars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
How A Free People Conduct A Long War
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Author : Charles J Stille
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-24
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Author : Charles J. (Charles Janeway) 1. Stille
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-12-14
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Author : Charles J. Stillé
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-02-16
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Excerpt from How a Free People Conduct a Long War: A Chapter From English History Immediate occupation of the enemy's capital, fol lowed by a treaty of peace by which the objects of the war are permanently securedt Nothing is revealed to the excited passions of the multitude, but dazzling visions of national glory, purchased by small privations, and the early and complete subju gation of their enemies. It is, therefore, not unna tural thatgat the first reverse they should yield at once to an unmanly depression, and, giving up all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
How A Free People Conduct A Long War
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Author : Charles Janeway Still1/e
language : en
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Release Date : 1863
How A Free People Conduct A Long War written by Charles Janeway Still1/e and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with Peninsular War, 1807-1814 categories.
How A Free People Conduct A Long War
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Author : Charles Janeway Stillé
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
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Defining Duty In The Civil War
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Author : J. Matthew Gallman
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2015-05-25
Defining Duty In The Civil War written by J. Matthew Gallman and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-25 with History categories.
The Civil War thrust Americans onto unfamiliar terrain, as two competing societies mobilized for four years of bloody conflict. Concerned Northerners turned to the print media for guidance on how to be good citizens in a war that hit close to home but was fought hundreds of miles away. They read novels, short stories, poems, songs, editorials, and newspaper stories. They laughed at cartoons and satirical essays. Their spirits were stirred in response to recruiting broadsides and patriotic envelopes. This massive cultural outpouring offered a path for ordinary Americans casting around for direction. Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime. Although a huge percentage of military-aged men served in the Union army, a larger group chose to stay home, even while they supported the war. This pathbreaking study investigates how men and women, both white and black, understood their roles in the People's Conflict. Wartime culture created humorous and angry stereotypes ridiculing the nation's cowards, crooks, and fools, while wrestling with the challenges faced by ordinary Americans. Gallman shows how thousands of authors, artists, and readers together created a new set of rules for navigating life in a nation at war.
The North Fights The Civil War The Home Front
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Author : Matthew J. Gallman
language : en
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Release Date : 1994-03-01
The North Fights The Civil War The Home Front written by Matthew J. Gallman and has been published by Ivan R. Dee this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03-01 with History categories.
In the wake of the firing on Fort Sumter, outraged Northerners looked forward to a quick and decisive victory over the Confederate rebels. But after the First Battle of Bull Run it became clear to supporters of the Union that the Civil War would be prolonged and deadly. How Northern society mobilized to fight this first great modern war is the subject of J. Matthew Gallman's perceptive history. Drawing on a wide range of up-to-date scholarship and addressing the issues from a fresh perspective, his book fills a surprising void in Civil War literature. Gallman's focus is on continuity and change—what traditions the North relied on in preparing for war, and what adjustments it made in its behavior and institutions. From his analysis it seems clear that the Civil War was not the great watershed in political, economic, and social development that is often supposed. Gallman's investigation of the status of women and blacks, for example, shows that wartime gains, if significant for a few, were on the whole decidedly modest. And while "total war" came to the battlefield in a frightening manner, its impact on the Northern home front was far less certain. American Ways Series.