History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership

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leadership and its evolving principles
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The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership
Wilfred Drath
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If whitecaps are the individual leaders within organizations, then the deep blue sea is the rest of us--that vast foundation often obscured beneath the whitecaps but the very foundation that makes them possible. This is the central metaphor of this book, which posits that, in our age of multiple backgrounds and meanings, the image of the leader as a single, dominant figure--or even as someone who knows how to cultivate and wield the most influence--must broaden to encompass many people sharing leadership across perspectives to reach common goals. That idea is expanded upon here, interspersed with the fictional tale of the changing of the guard at the Zoffner Piano Company, which illustrates the book's main points.

If Drath's idea seems sound to the point of dullness, that's perhaps because it has been, in some incarnation or another, the crux of every new book about leadership for the past 10 years: the age of the single, great lone leader has passed into a new age where dialogue, collaboration, and cross-perspectives are more important than ever. With its quasi-academic language, The Deep Blue Sea, doesn't really add to that lot, and moreover, it lacks the real-life examples from major companies that give so many books of this sort their kick. It's not a must-read, but for anyone determined to read absolutely whatever they can on the topic of 21st-century leadership, it certainly won't hurt--and the story about the daughter who inherits the reins of Zoffner Piano from her benevolent-ruler father and then has to reinvent the rules of leadership to keep the company alive is actually quite compelling in its quaint, family-business fashion. --Timothy Murphy

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The forces of globalization and collaboration have presented a challenge to the traditional notions of leadership. How does leadership happen when there are many leaders trying to reach a goal and no clear followers? And what does leadership look like when no one person is in charge? In The Deep Blue Sea, Wilfred Drath responds to these challenges by presenting a new leadership framework called "relational leadership." His revolutionary approach recasts the idea of leadership as a group function that results in self-organized entities. Using the story of a fictional piano company, Drath helps us understand why this new notion of leadership is needed to face the challenges of the 21st century.
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leadership and its evolving principles.......2003-06-27

One of the difficulties of leadership is that people variously experience it through differing worldviews. Drath does us the enormous service of pointing out three main worldviews, or principles as he calls them, by which people construct and enact the idea of leadership. For example, if all the actors in a situation construct leadership though the dominance principle, then leadership in that situation is then for all practical purposes a function of the authority of dominant leaders. But worldviews can develop beyond dominance, toward what Drath calls relational dialogue or relational meaning-making. Thus, later evolving principles can transcend and include earlier ones, and dominance can be seen as very particular form of relational meaning-making. Problems inevitably arise when various actors hold different principles as their truth about leadership, and come to different conclusions about what it is and how to do it. The previous reviewer totally missed Drath's central and repeated points: that the principles are the ones variously in use in the world; that these principles can evolve; the latter ones include the earlier ones as special cases; and the relational principle is apparently being manifested with greater frequency in complexly interconnected organizations and societies.

leadership and its evolving principles.......2003-06-27

Drowning in the Deep Blue Sea!.......2003-06-18

Drath's stated purpose of his book, namely, to: change with the changing ideology of leadership, away from a focus on the leader, to a focus on relationship, I believe, is essential to furthering the construct of leadership study today. He states that the terrible "persistent central idea" that "leadership is something leaders possess as an individual attribute and, therefore, leadership is given by, created by, leaders." Causes confusion (p. xiv)! And that this confusion of leadership as a process only being done (exclusively) by the leader is wrong, and not the future of leadership as relationship -- I AGREE!

However, it seems the Author forgets (or gives-up on) his central thesis of "leadership as relationship" when he states, on page 13, in the first of his central three "principles," "Personal Dominance," that:

- Leadership is something a person possesses,
- Leadership is an expression of this personally possessed quality or characteristic,
- Leaders lead because followers are convinced of the truth of their leadership

Unbelievable! This is the very problem he states he will "lead" us away from... the Leader "doing" leadership! This "principle" of "leadership" only begs the question: If leadership is a relationship (like you propose), how is it that the Leader can be the one who "possess" leadership!? Can't a follower? And other questions like: If followers are convinced of some 'truth' about a Leader's "leadership" then you are stating the leader is the one doing "leadership" not the follower! How is this a relationship if you clearly state the Leaders do "leadership?"

The author repeatedly uses examples like, "Mr. Karl's leadership of Zoffner Piano Company..." and other positional examples when trying to discuss leadership as a relationship, when it really extends the ill-conceived concept that persons in the executive position (in this case owner of a company) are the "leadership." If leadership is a relationship, then it can't be done exclusively by a person in a position!

As early as 1957, Peter Selznick, in Leadership in administration: A sociological interpretation, writes, "Leadership is not equivalent to office-holding or high prestige or authority or decision-making . . . only some (and sometimes none) of the activities of decision-makers are leadership activities."

Lastly, not withstanding the confusion this author causes, in his attempt to de-confuse the school of leadership understanding by not focusing on leadership as a relationship... he totally misses the scholarly contributions of Joseph Rost when he summarizes, on page 107, (in a paragraph entitled: "Writing about these new concepts") where he
states: "The emergence of these challenging new contexts in organizations is mirrored in the work of a number of writers on leadership who reflect the limitations of the interpersonal influence principle. In Leadership for the Twenty-First Century (1991), Joseph Rost discusses leadership as a process shared equally between leader and followers."

Rost's book has almost 200, content ripe pages, and the Author distills it to: "a process shared equally between leaders and followers." This doesn't even start to explain Rost's thesis. Having been a student of Rost, I believe Rost's key thesis is actually that there needs to be a "post-industrial school of leadership" (Rost, p. 182). Where leadership is conceived of as an influence relationship, and de-focused away from the leader as possessing leadership -- where this book is unfortunately focused.

Two stars for a great concept! Rost had it in 1991!

He's On To Something.......2001-05-09

Get this book.

... I found this book was on to something different. Drath sees that the source of leadership is increasingly moving away from the single leader, even away from the single influencer who is not the official leader. It is moving toward relational leadership, meaning that the group or community or partnership or whatever IS the leadership. The prompt for this appears to be at least multi-cultural influences, as different cultures agreed they must work together -- what he calls shared work. When I read this book, I immediately thought of the International Space Station as an example, where one witnesses the law of politics dance with the law of science -- a complicated dance that demands new behaviors and ways of working. I also thought of the US Government's Census 2000 Partnership, in which the Bureau of the Census says it brought together more than 140,000 partnerships. This was not the typical Federal Agency "interagency" project, this was a change of control, a change of ownership, a change of how the work got done, as an impressive peacetime mobilization occurred to "make every American count." Both stories here strike me as illustrations of what Drath is working to get his arms around. Both stories are imperfect, but I sense Drath's thinking is seminal on this, still working out the nuances of this Relational Leadership.

Drath is honest that he is at the early stage of identifying the dynamics at work here and giving a name to the behaviors, but he proceeds to describe what he sees.

I've read lots of leadership books over the years and more recently because I am in a leadership development program. But when I heard Bill Drath recently present his thinking in person recently, at a Smithsonian Business Series in Washington DC, I found I was hearing thinking that I hadn't heard anywhere before.

This was my first exposure to him and his book. I followed up later and learned more about his inquery into understanding shared work across complex boundaries.

I think he's on to something that is at least in my future...and maybe yours.

A must read for those struggling with leadership in this era.......2001-05-08

The Deep Blue Sea is low on hype and full of rigorously explored insight. It is not "inspirational" in any traditional way, nor is it a "how to." Instead it aims to get down to--and under--the very roots of one's thinking about leadership. One goes on a thoughtful journey with this author, and slowly sees more and more, until finally the whole landscape seems to shift and a new vista appears. That is the value of this book--a solid place to stand and think that affords a very different view of what leadership is and could be. Drath has forever changed my view of leadership, a shift not without pain but with many rewards.

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Blue Dog Rocks!
Gotta love that dog
Delightful
Long Live The Blue Dog!

Blue Dog Man
George Rodrigue , and Tom Brokaw
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"There's just something about that dog . . ." Until now, little else could be said about George Rodrigue's mysterious, wildly popular icon. Finally, in his own words, the Blue Dog Man speaks out, shedding light on his creation-going beyond the story of Blue Dog's early incarnation to describe in rich detail both the dog's storied Cajun roots and its brilliant, pop-infused universe of today.

Blue Dog has become a touchstone of contemporary American culture, winning accolades from U.S. presidents, Hollywood stars, and ordinary people alike. Woven into this iconic character are the skeins of Cajun history-and, more specifically, the dreams, fears, and passions of its creator.

Rodrigue: Blue Dog Man takes readers on an unprecedented narrated journey to the heart of a new Blue Dog generation, tracing the evolution of the Blue Dog from its origins in Louisiana legends to its myriad forays into the dazzling, multichrome modern world. Along the way, Rodrigue reflects on everything from Christianity and the afterlife to Renaissance painting, to Jackson Pollock to Andy Warhol and MTV.

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COLOR THIS THE CAT'S MEOW.......2003-05-25

Teach an old dog new tricks? Absolutely, provided the pooch in question is Blue Dog, that colorful canine spawned from the mind of Cajun artist George Rodrigue. (For those no up to their four-legged friends fodder, the cobalt canine with the yellow eyes is based on three of the artist's now-dead dogs, and was first immortalized on slick papers back in 1994.) Who says a sleeping dog must lie? This babe is everywhere: portraits hang in the White House, on the set of "Friends" and in fan Whoopi Goldberg's abode; Blue Dog also stars in an Absolut ad. This volume boasts 60 gorgeous never-before-published paintings, along with commentary by Rodrigue on the birth of Blue Dog and its transformation into a pop culture icon. Tom Brokaw, an avid Blue Dog collector, wrote the book's forward. The cat's meow. Really.

Blue Dog Rocks!.......2002-01-15

You just can't fully appreciate or understand the scope and delight of Blue Dog until you read this book. I adore Blue Dog. This silly, goofy blue dog provokes emotions in me that I have not experienced with art before...there is some strange, sad, beautiful, eerie, rapturous, haunting, joyful essence to this darn dog. This book is completely unique, fun, inspirational...I could go on and on. You just have to touch this book (the cover is fuzzy!) and open it...you will be hooked. The best coffee table book and a sure conversation starter, though that is hardly its value.

Gotta love that dog.......2000-12-05

Any book with more of Blue Dog is great. This features more of the pop art world of Blue Dog than the previous books of Rodrigue's work. (I actually like the paintings of Blue Dog in cajun settings best.)

Delightful.......2000-06-02

This is one of those "hmmmmm...interesting" books. George Rodrigue gives a compelling history about his roots and how Blue Dog came into creation. While I love the content of the book, I am even more facinated by the design. Inside you will find a "punch-out" blue dog mask, postcards and other little nifty interactive thing-a-ma-jigs that help make this book such a pleasure to enjoy.

Long Live The Blue Dog!.......2000-04-05

This is a weighty (but not cumbersome) coffee table book that any thinking, feeling human being would be happy to own. Ever since I saw some original Blue Dog paintings in New Orleans, I've wanted to own one of them. Alas, I'm too poor. This book captures the spirit of the little alien-looking pooch and lets me borrow it for a price I can manage.

Echoes of the Civil War: The Blue (Perspectives on History Series)

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Echoes of the Civil War: The Gray (Perspectives on History Series)

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Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854 - 1856 (Campaigns and Commanders, 6)

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Essential Account of a Relatively Neglected Campaign

Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854 - 1856 (Campaigns and Commanders, 6)
R. Eli Paul
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Circle of Fire: The Indian War of 1865

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Dry - Historical Scholarship .......2005-07-25

Detailed but dry history -- I don't see what contribution to enhanced understanding of the events this book brings, or for what purpose the work was undertaken. Mainly of interest to the specialist or student of millitary campaigns I guess. For me it was disappointing and dull.

Review from a Blue Water Researcher.......2005-03-17

This book is typical of most books written by non-Indians and relies on accounts by military personnel made many years after the event. The author did not talk with any of the relatives of the people who were massacred that day by General Harney (I know this for a fact, as I live and work with the descendants of Little Thunder). Would you write a history of German or Chinese people without talking to any Germans or Chinese? His ideas are biased (he calls official reports by trader James Bordeaux "heresay"). This is also NOT the first Sioux war and by calling the Sicangu Lakota "Sioux" continues to perpetuate misnomers of Native people. This book may have well been written at the turn of the century well authors were close-minded and did not think of Indian people as citizens, much less human beings. Horrible book if you have any knowledge about REAL history. Paul's book is a stone-age book that only deals with one-side. A more fitting title would be -- "A Non-Indian Account of the Blue Water Massacre from the Military's Perspective." At least then, he would be telling the truth.

Essential Account of a Relatively Neglected Campaign.......2005-02-22

Eli Paul is well-qualified to provide readers with a thorough account of what he terms the First Sioux War as he has written a biography of Red Clooud,edited the Nebraska Indian Wars Reader and contributed to a pictorial history of the Wounded Knee/Pine Ridge campaign of 1890. With so much attention devoted to other Sioux conflicts, (especially Red Cloud's War that involved the Fetterman Massacre and the later 1876 Great Sioux War/Little Bighorn) it is good to encounter a book of this caliber that explores in full what the author terms the First Sioux War. Sparked by the 1854 Grattan Massacre in which young Lt. John Grattan lost his life and the lives of most of his men after unwisely provoking Conquering Bear's Sioux encampment near Fort Laramie, this book records the Grattan incident in detail and then goes on to trace the response of the United States Army. The profane, belligerent but highly able General William Harney was assigned command of the army expedition that carried out this task, culminating in the combined infantry/cavalry assault on Little Thunder's village on Blue Water Creek in September, 1855, in western Nebrska. The author details logistical preparations, the new breech-loading Sharpe's carbine that was used and other details of the campaign. He does a good job of bringing Harney and his robust, combative personality to life. It is interesting to note that Harney sought the use of friendly Indians as guides and scouts but for various bureaucratic reasons was unable to implement this plan. This practive, of course, was the rule rather than the exception in in post-Civil War Indian campaigns.
The reader is presented with numerous footnotes drawn from many sources, maps, photographs. In the appendix detailling participant accounts used, the author states that it was his intent to "gather, use, and make known the robust mix of contemporary accounts by soldiers, civilians, enlisted men and officers....The rare Indian statement or remembrance stand in stark contrast and ranks in equal importance." Another reviewer of this work faults him for a lack of Indian sources but, clearly, the author states he was seeking CONTEMPORARY sources, not oral history that has been transmitted from 150 years ago. As for the lack of contemporary Lakota sources, unfortunately, no one like Walter Camp (famed interviewer of numerous Lakota/Cheyenne participants in the Custer fight) was around to carry out similar work on the Indian veterans of the First Sioux War. In summary, this book belongs on the shelf of every serious student of the Indian Wars.

2004 Public Relations Tactics : The Blue Book (One Source Directory)

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Beyond the Red, White, and Blue: A Student's Introduction to American Studies

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A wonderful survey of American culture

Beyond the Red, White, and Blue: A Student's Introduction to American Studies
Lewis Carlson , and James M. Ferreira
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A wonderful survey of American culture.......2000-05-16

I read this book in Dr. Carlson's class about 7 years ago, and although I liked the book very much at the time, I didn't fully appreciate the book. Since then, I have thought about the book and its implications often. There are very few books I can say actually changed my views of the world and culture, but this book is one of them. It is an excellent blend of the highs and lows of modern American culture. I highly recommend this book.

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Blue Source (Gas Book 8)

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Colonialism and the Modern World: Selected Studies (Sources and Studies in World History)

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Commanding Voices of Blue & Gray: General William T. Sherman, General George Custer, General James Longstreet, & Major J.S. Mosby, Among Others, in Their Own Words

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Commanding Voices of Blue & Gray: General William T. Sherman, General George Custer, General James Longstreet, & Major J.S. Mosby, Among Others, in Their Own Words
Brian Thomsen
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The agony and anguish of the Civil War affected all aspects of American life. In a single volume, Commanding Voices of Blue Gray draws on the personal words of powerful men to provide an overview of the command experience in the Civil War.

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Matt's Book Review.......2003-05-15

When I started reading "Commanding Voices Of Blue And Grey" By Brian M. Thomson, I'll admit I wasn't exactly thrilled to read it, but after a while it started to grow on me. The book was kind of hard to read because it wasn't in a story format like I'm used to. This book didn't really have a main character through the whole book, and it was kind of like a textbook, except much more interesting. Brian M. Thomson did a terrific job turning the experiences of different people that served in the civil war into short story like scenes. This book had some good battle scenes and some very important people that turned the tide in the war. This book was extremely good about showing both sides of the story. This book helped me completely understand the civil war and it was also surprisingly good.

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