{"product_id":"in-the-shadows-of-victory-americas-forgotten-military-leaders-1776-1876","title":"In the Shadows of Victory : America's Forgotten Military Leaders, 1776-1876","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1611454646\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"96bma7-qcld8q-jxtbwv-kuo314\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHistory plays tricks sometimes. During the course of America’s experience it has enshrined an exceptional few military leaders in our collective consciousness as “great,” while ignoring others often equally as deserving. In the Shadows of Victory takes a look at an array of American battlefield commanders who were as responsible for triumph as their more famous peers, yet have often gone unsung.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor example, few of the thousands who pass by the traffic square between Fifth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan each day realize that it houses a tomb. Fewer still understand that beneath the obelisk rests one of America’s best military commanders—William Worth—a hero in not one but two of the nation’s wars. Similarly, the Civil War general who never lost a battle and who many military historians believe fought one of the two most perfect battles in history was not Grant, Sherman, Lee, or Jackson; it was Thomas—who never extolled his own cause but in all likelihood saved his nation’s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the War of Independence, through the Mexican War and Civil War, and during the numerous Indian wars throughout, great combat leaders have emerged across America’s battlefields, yet have just as suddenly slipped through the cracks of history once the guns went silent. At the same time conflicts themselves have often disappeared from consciousness, the public forgetting the fights the country waged against the Barbary Pirates, the British in 1812, and against the Seminoles and Apaches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Shadows of Victory describes the heroics and command acumen of 25 superb military leaders whose sacrifice and skill have often been neglected. As such it provides a fascinating tour through early American military history and the various martial challenges the young nation faced during its first century of existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eExplanatory Notes\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The War of Independence\u003cbr\u003e2 The Barbary Wars\u003cbr\u003e3 The War of 1812\u003cbr\u003e4 The Seminole Wars\u003cbr\u003e5 The Mexican War\u003cbr\u003e6 The Civil War\u003cbr\u003e7 The Indian Wars of the West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClosing thoughts\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_Books\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_Books\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1611454646\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"gnivpb-ii4jrw-z5m7ja-n4wmqu\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_Books\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_Books\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1611454646\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"zcxi4x-sjo884-48t7o8-g5cfz6\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1611454646\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"d4aasp-ov7dnj-u6ab0e-iq1uus\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-5\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_4\" data-csa-c-id=\"kf0jhy-mz6554-7l6f44-e6bef9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstanceTToEy27MhKmaDgVHhqdaIw\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_4\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phillips, Thomas D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67665238818976,"sku":"BDY826","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/4287\/4272\/files\/6183gC1jxUL._SL1024.jpg?v=1791515535","url":"https:\/\/blackbookswholesale.com\/products\/in-the-shadows-of-victory-americas-forgotten-military-leaders-1776-1876","provider":"Black Books Wholesale ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}