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 Great Generals
This distinguished series features the lives of eminent military leaders
who changed history in the United States and abroad. The authors are top military historians, writing concise but comprehensive biographies including the personal lives, battles, strategies, and legacies of these great generals, with the aim to provide background and insight into today's armies and wars.
New in the Series...
 Stonewall Jackson
by Donald A. Davis
Publish: September 4th, 2007
Deemed "irreplaceable" by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that The Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Stonewall's leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson's a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness (he so believed in information that he had a personal mapmaker with him at all times) and details Jackson's many lessons in strategy and leadership. Read more...
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Series editor
 GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK served in the United States Army for thirty-four years and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He was awarded numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2003 he ran as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States and is the author of the best selling book Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat and Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the American Empire.
“Palgrave's Great Generals Series is an important and inspiring contribution to our understanding of modern-day warfare. Every book in the series will provide invaluable insight into the legacies of eminent military leaders and take the reader on a gripping tour of the most spectacular maneuvers, missions and battles in world history.”
—General Wesley K. Clark (ret.)
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