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A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater series Book 1)
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Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
“Georgie is one of the best generals I have. But he’s just like a time bomb. You never know when he’s going to go off. All you can be sure of is that it will probably be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”73
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
power as possible, Lincoln happily agreed. At this point in time, Sherman felt more comfortable as a number two. He felt he had an honest appreciation for his own abilities and that this role best suited him. Imagine that—an ambitious person turning down a chance to advance in responsibilities because he actually wanted to be ready for them. Is tha
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Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone): Half Crazy, Half Genius—Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saint’s Last Words
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Emperor Kōmei sent the two buke densō to Edo with an imperial message: the shogun was informed that his most important task as the “great general and subduer of barbarians” was to reassure the people of the country by driving off the foreign ships, in this way avoiding national disgrace and future troubles.