
P. G. T. Beauregard
Napoleon in Gray
T. Harry Williams(Author)
Louisiana State University Press
Published on 28. February 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-8071-1974-7 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1955 to wide acclaim, T. Harry Williams' P. G. T. Beauregard is universally regarded as ""the first authoritative portrait of the Confederacy's always dramatic, often perplexing"" general (Chicago Tribune). Chivalric, arrogant, and of exotic Creole Louisiana origin, Beauregard participated in every phase of the Civil War from its beginning to its end. He rigidly adhered to the principles of war derived from his studies of Jomini and Napoleon, and yet many of his battle plans were rejected by his superiors, who regarded him as excitable, unreliable, and contentious. After the war, Beauregard was almost the only prominent Confederate general who adapted successfully to the New South, running railroads and later supervising the notorious Louisiana Lottery. This paradox of a man who fought gallantly to defend the Old South and then helped industrialize it is the fascinating subject of Williams' superb biography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8071-1974-7 (9780807119747)
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T. Harry Williams (1909-1979) was Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University. He won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Huey Long: A Biography. Among his other works are Lincoln and His Generals, With Beauregard in Mexico, Romance and Realism in Southern Politics, and Americans at War: The Development of the American Military System.