"J.F.C Fuller on Grant and Lee" Topic
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| Marshal Amherst | 23 Mar 2016 10:14 a.m. PST |
I just came across this book by J.F.C Fuller, for some reason always thought he wrote only on modern war and mechanization. I'm interested to see opinions on his ACW book, anyone read it? link
Grant and Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship |
troopwo  | 23 Mar 2016 10:41 a.m. PST |
Surprisingly, the ACW was not thouroughly studied in the US until probably the late 1940s'. The rest of the worlld was fascinated and looked at it pretty extensively. John Masters wrote, "Three Bugles and a Tiger", about his experiences from 1930s Indian Army right up through leading a Chindit Column n Burma. He later wrote about his experiences going into the army and up to the late thirties. One part was about taking eight months leave to tour the US. While in the US he went out of his way to visit the routes and locales of the Valley Campaign which was a hobby of his. On more than one occasion, he was invited by military academies to lecture US students about it. His biggest shock, was that even in the late 1930s', Americans were still avoiding the subject as still a sore point! I understand that the Russians, both Imperial and Soviet were obsessed with riverine studies from the ACW. Equally, railroad logistics became the craze for Prussia. |
| ironicon | 23 Mar 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Read "Military history of the Western World", which as I remember was very good.
Also read "The Generalship of Alexander the Great".
Both as I remember were quite good. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 23 Mar 2016 11:01 a.m. PST |
Fuller reached further back than ACW, as noted above.
"Julius Caesar: Man,Soldier, and Tyrant" is a classic. Fuller is always entertaining,for his caustic commentary if nothing else. |
| KSmyth | 23 Mar 2016 4:28 p.m. PST |
Though it's been a decade or so, I read fuller's comparison and really enjoyed it. He is unfettered by the need to please an American constituency. It's a good read, very accessible. Fuller also wrote The Generalship of U.S. Grant. Another good read. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 30 Mar 2016 7:55 a.m. PST |
I've read it on at least two occasions. Boney Fuller was a great analyst and it is worth the time to study. He'd been brought up on a diet of Henderson and it was his response. As KSmyth said, no need to please an American constituency. |
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prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.