false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170456117m/56331.jpg 56331 7 With his acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, Jeff Shaara expanded upon his father's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War classic, The Killer Angels--ushering the reader through the poignant drama of this most bloody chapter in our history. Now, in Gone for Soldiers, Jeff Shaara carries us back fifteen years before that momentous conflict, when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War.<br><br>In March 1847, the U.S. Navy delivers eight thousand soldiers on the beaches of Vera Cruz. They are led by the army's commanding general, Winfield Scott, a heroic veteran of the War of 1812, short tempered, vain, and nostalgic for the glories of his youth. At his right hand is Robert E. Lee, a forty-year-old engineer, a dignified, serious man who has never seen combat.<br><br>Scott leads his troops against the imperious Mexican dictator, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana. Obsessed with glory and his place in history, Santa Ana arrogantly underestimates the will and the heart of Scott and his army. As the Americans fight their way inland, both sides understand that the inevitable final conflict will come at the gates and fortified walls of the ancient capital, Mexico City.<br><br>Cut off from communication and their only supply line, the Americans learn about their enemy and themselves, as young men witness for the first time the horror of war. While Scott must weigh his own place in history, fighting what many consider a bully's war, Lee the engineer becomes Lee the hero, the one man in Scott's command whose extraordinary destiny as a soldier is clear.<br><br>In vivid, brilliant prose that illuminates the dark psychology of soldiers and their commanders trapped behind enemy lines, Jeff Shaara brings to life the haunted personalities and magnificent backdrop, the familiar characters, the stunning triumphs and soul-crushing defeats of this fascinating, long-forgotten war. Gone for Soldiers is an extraordinary achievement that will remain with you long after the final page is turned.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 54899 2000 Gone For Soldiers total:472|5:116|4:197|3:141|2:14|1:4| 472 1823 610 34 5 2 false false Sat Oct 18 19:04:55 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 19:07:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 06 18:42:02 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 18:42:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 30 19:11:08 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:13:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 24 09:34:48 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 09:36:07 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 13:16:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:16:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 11 00:07:47 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 08 13:57:22 -0700 2008
Overall, an entertaining read, mostly on the basis of ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 16:15:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 16:15:24 -0700 2009 here to find it in the catalogue.more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 16:33:26 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:35:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 06:53:06 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 06:45:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 06:53:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 15 17:26:44 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:32:04 -0700 2009
This is interesting stuff to with this account of the Mexican war where many of the later-to-be-famous Generals of the American Civil War are, in this book, young lieutenants & captains.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 21:30:13 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 21:31:52 -0700 2009 3 0 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 13:23:29 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 13:28:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:54:36 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 17:05:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 15:01:21 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 17:53:19 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:18:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:18:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Mar 26 18:24:35 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:25:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 22:54:30 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 12:52:05 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 08:30:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 08:30:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 19 15:33:57 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 15:33:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 07:33:12 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 07:39:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=56331