false 742882 4 Hiram Ulysses Grant--mistakenly enrolled in the United States Military Academy as Ulysses Simpson Grant, and so known ever since--was a failure in many of the things to which he turned his hand. An indifferent, somewhat undisciplined cadet who showed talent for mathematics and painting, he served with unexpected distinction in the U.S. war against Mexico, then repeatedly went broke as a real-estate speculator, freighter, and farmer. His reputation was restored in the Civil War, in which he fulfilled a homespun philosophy of battle: "Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on." Given to dark moods and the solace of the bottle (although far less so than his political foes made him out to be), Grant was ferocious in war, but chivalrous in peace, and offered generous terms to the defeated armies of Robert E. Lee. His enemies on the battlefield of politics showed him little honor, and they had a point: Grant's presidency was marked by a legion of corrupt lieutenants and hangers-on who built their fortunes on the back of a suffering people, and for whose actions Grant's reputation long has suffered.<p> Recent history has been kinder to Grant than were the chroniclers of his day, not only for his undoubted abilities as a military leader, but also for his conduct as a president who sought to rebuild a shattered nation. Jean Edward Smith, the author of fine biographies of John Marshall and Lucius D. Clay, offers compelling reasons to accept this program of revision, while acknowledging the shortcomings of Grant's administration. Surely and thoughtfully written, this sprawling but swiftly moving book stands as a true hallmark in the literature that is devoted to Grant. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 729035 2001 Grant total:46|5:23|4:15|3:6|2:2| 46 197 82 16 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:07:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:08:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 07 07:29:47 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 07:34:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:42:45 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 18:45:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 19 05:45:43 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 18:06:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Oct 05 17:32:04 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 19:48:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 07:54:32 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 07:55:57 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 11 17:59:19 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:00:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 19:35:52 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 19:36:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 16 10:55:14 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 10:55:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 07 11:02:22 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 07:04:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 02 10:21:13 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:08:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 01 18:33:34 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 18:36:53 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 07:16:58 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 14 10:48:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 02 07:16:58 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jun 17 09:42:48 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 13:05:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Oct 31 07:30:45 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 07:31:38 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 17:54:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:54:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 16:54:50 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 16:54:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 10:24:36 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 10:24:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 18:06:51 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 18:06:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 19:38:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:38:07 -0700 2009