{"product_id":"fort-donelsons-legacy-war-and-society-in-kentucky-and-tennessee-1862-1863-paperback-2","title":"Fort Donelson's Legacy: War and Society in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-1863 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Franklin Cooling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFort Donelson's Legacy portrays the tapestry of war and society in the upper southern heartland of Tennessee and Kentucky after the key Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862. Those victories, notes Benjamin Franklin Cooling, could have delivered the decisive blow to the Confederacy in the West and ended the war in that theater. Instead, what followed was terrible devastation and bloodshed that embroiled soldier and civilian alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCooling compellingly describes a struggle that was marked not only by the movement of armies and the strategies of generals but also by the rise of guerrilla bands and civil resistance. It was, in part, a war fought for geography--for rivers and railroads and for strategic cities such as Nashville, Louisville, and Chattanooga. But it was also a war for the hearts and minds of the populace. \"Stubborn civilian opposition to Union invaders,\" Cooling writes, \"prompted oppressive military occupation, subversion of civil liberties, and confiscation of personal property in the name of allegiance to the United States--or to the Confederacy, for that matter, since some Unionist southerners resented Confederate intrusion fully as much as their secessionist neighbors opposed Yankee government.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn exploring the complex terrain of \"total war\" that steadily engulfed Tennessee and Kentucky, Cooling draws on a huge array of sources, including official military records and countless diaries and memoirs. He makes considerable use of the words of participants to capture the attitudes and concerns of those on both sides. The result is a masterful addition to Civil War literature that integrates the military, social, political, and economic aspects of the conflict into a large and endlessly fascinating picture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling, a research director for the United States Department of Energy, is also professor of history at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University. His published works include Forts Henry and Donelson: Key to the Confederate Heartland and Jubal Early's Raid on Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774231896261,"sku":"9781572336278","price":40.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/5Bfj5SGKPU9781572336278_3f470de5-e4c5-4e24-aa4c-a01f28fc7dad.webp?v=1770520551","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/fort-donelsons-legacy-war-and-society-in-kentucky-and-tennessee-1862-1863-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}