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William C. Davis (1) (1946–)

Autor/a de Brother against Brother

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William C. Davis is a retired history professor who taught at Virginia Tech. An acclaimed expert on the Civil War, he has served on a number of advisory boards, including the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; the American Battlefield Trust; the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in mostra'n més Petersburg, Virginia; the National Park Service; and the Lincoln Prize and Pulitzer Prize nominating juries. mostra'n menys
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Obres de William C. Davis

Brother against Brother (1983) 538 exemplars
The Blockade: Runners and Raiders (1983) 291 exemplars
Battlefields of the Civil War (1991) 267 exemplars
The Fighting Men of the Civil War (1989) 258 exemplars
The Battle of New Market (1975) 173 exemplars
Duel Between the First Ironclads (1975) 144 exemplars
Don Troiani's Civil War (1995) — Pròleg — 129 exemplars
Virginia at War, 1862 (2007) — Editor — 115 exemplars
Lone Star Rising (2003) 97 exemplars
The Civil War (1999) 93 exemplars
Fighting for Time: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 4 (1983) — Editor — 69 exemplars
End of an Era: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 6 (1984) — Editor — 65 exemplars
The Civil War Cookbook (1993) 63 exemplars
Virginia at War, 1861 (2005) — Editor — 51 exemplars
The First Battle of Manassas (1995) 40 exemplars
The Civil War in Photographs (2002) 39 exemplars
Virginia at War, 1863 (2008) — Editor — 37 exemplars
Virginia at War, 1864 (2009) — Editor — 36 exemplars
Virginia at War, 1865 (2011) — Editor — 32 exemplars
The Civil War Chronicle (2004) 32 exemplars
The Generals of the Civil War (1992) 25 exemplars
Battles of the Civil War (1991) 25 exemplars
Wild West Trilogy (2000) 24 exemplars
The Soldiers of the Civil War (1992) 21 exemplars
Portraits of the Riverboats (2001) 19 exemplars
Memorabilia of the Civil War (1991) 18 exemplars
Portraits of the Civil War (1999) 18 exemplars
The Campaign to Appomattox (1975) 14 exemplars
Weapons of the Civil War (1992) 10 exemplars
Trivia of the Civil War (1992) 9 exemplars
Civil War Times 8 exemplars
Civil War Times Illustrated Volume XVII (1978-1979) (1979) — Editor — 5 exemplars
Civil War Recipes (2003) 1 exemplars
Amerikas Wilder Westen — Autor — 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Guns of '62: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 2 (1982) — Editor — 84 exemplars
The Monitor Chronicles (2000) — Pròleg — 79 exemplars
From Cedar Mountain to Antietam (Stackpole) (1777) — Pròleg, algunes edicions66 exemplars
The Papers of Jefferson Davis: Volume 14, 1880-1889 (2015) — Introducció — 2 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Davis, William Charles
Data de naixement
1946
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Educació
Sonoma State University, B.A. History 1968
Sonoma State University, M.A. History 1969
Doc. Hum. Let. Lincoln Memorial University, 1976
Professions
historian
Organitzacions
Civil War Times Illustrated (editor)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Premis i honors
Jefferson Davis Award (3)
T. Harry Williams Memorial Award
Bell I. Wiley Prize
Fletcher Pratt Award
Phi Alpha Theta Award
Harry S. Truman Award
Biografia breu
William C. Davis is the recipient of three Jefferson Davis Awards as well as the T. Harry Williams Award, Bell I. Wiley Award, Fletcher Pratt Award, Phi Alpha Theta Award, and Harry S Truman Award. He lives in Pennsylvania, barely fifty miles form the battlefields of Gettysburg. [from The Cause Lost (1996)]

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JRHFA | Nov 3, 2021 |
This book, I understand, is the first of a set of 10 compilations of CWTI reprints from 1962-1973. I was lucky enough to purchase them when they were first available sometime in the early '90s. They are a wonderful set of books. CWTI was probably the best of the magazines devoted to the ACW at the time. Each volume is hardbound, and with the exception of not using color (except for black and a few shades of blue) they're printed exactly as they originally appeared. Half of the fun is reading the ads: Visit the Gettysburg centennial reenactment staying at a bed and breakfast located in the city for 3 days including 2 meals a day for less than $100/person. Purchase a complete CW officers uniform (north or south) for around $20. First edition books, some of them classics now (Bruce Catton, anyone?) for $5-8 each new.

Best, though, are the articles written by some of the leading CW historians of the time. Being printed at the time of the centennial (at least the first 3 volumes, 1962-3, 1963-4, 1964-5) there's usually a special edition devoted to the major battles of a century before. Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga... an entire magazine covering various facets of the war: the battles, the maneuvering, the leaders, sometimes the political issues. Unfortunately what were beautiful colored maps originally are published here in black and blue, but they're very legible, readable and go along with the flow of the text.

Finances (school, new baby) stopped me buying after vol. 7; I was on here looking for 8-10 but vol. 1 seems to be the only issue available. Over the past 20-25 I've read, reread, referenced articles, made online comments about articles written 50 years ago... I really love these books and highly recommend them to any CW afficienado.
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dillhale | Jul 25, 2021 |
"Crucible of Command" isn't intended to be a complete history of the Civil War, and doesn't provide a detailed review of various battles, but instead is a comparative biography of Generals Lee and Grant. The book made me rethink what I knew, or thought I knew, about the two generals. Previously, I would have described General Grant as being somewhat of a minor military man, lucky to even be named a General much less overall commander of military forces; a heavy drinker if not a drunk; and someone whose military style was to send wave after wave of soldiers headlong into battle regardless of the numbers sacrificed. In contrast, I would have described General Lee as a brilliant leader and military strategist. I also had the belief that the Confederacy was fully committed to their cause, and that the men of the South were fully dedicated with nary a straggler or deserter among them.
William Davis' book changed a lot of my preconceptions about my earlier preconceptions, and about the conduct of the war itself. Because the book isn't really about the battles and chronology of the war, it made me realize that there was a lot I'd forgotten or just didn't know about the Civil War, and motivated me to read more. As a result, I just picked up one of Bruce Catton's books on the History of the Civil War, and am looking forward to refreshing my memory and learning more about this important part of our U.S. history.
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Membres
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ISBN
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