Winfield Scott and the Profession of Arms

• Author(s): Allan Peskin,
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Pages: 328
• ISBN_10: 0873387740
  ISBN_13: 9780873387743
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Military , History / Military / United States , Technology & Engineering / Military Science ,

Description:... Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Hotspur -- Chapter Two: Captain -- Chapter Three: Defeat -- Chapter Four: Rocket -- Chapter Five: Victory -- Chapter Six: Hero -- Chapter Seven: Professional -- Chapter Eight: Midlife Crisis -- Chapter Nine: Troubleshooter -- Chapter Ten: Failure -- Chapter Eleven: Pacificator -- Chapter Twelve: Politician -- Chapter Thirteen: Commander -- Chapter Fourteen: Middle Age -- Chapter Fifteen: War -- Chapter Sixteen: Invasion -- Chapter Seventeen: Siege -- Chapter Eighteen: Advance -- Chapter Nineteen: Halt -- Chapter Twenty: Successes -- Chapter Twenty-One: Triumph -- Chapter Twenty-Two: Persecutions -- Chapter Twenty-Three: Candidate -- Chapter Twenty-Four: Exile -- Chapter Twenty-Five: Return -- Chapter Twenty-Six: Secession -- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Civil War -- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Anaconda -- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Fading Away -- Notes -- Sources Cited -- Index.