"The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and..." Topic

… the American Revolution.

"In The Road to Guilford Courthouse, one of the most acclaimed military histories of the Revolutionary War ever written, John Buchanan explored the first half of the critical Southern Campaign and introduced readers to its brilliant architect, Major General Nathanael Greene. In this long-awaited sequel, Buchanan brings this story to its dramatic conclusion.

Greene's Southern Campaign was the most difficult of the war. With a supply line stretching hundreds of miles northward, it revealed much about the crucial military art of provision and transport. Insufficient manpower a constant problem, Greene attempted to incorporate black regiments into his army, a plan angrily rejected by the South Carolina legislature. A bloody civil war between Rebels and Tories was wreaking havoc on the South at the time, forcing Greene to address vigilante terror and restore civilian government. As his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson during the campaign shows, Greene was also bedeviled by the conflict between war and the rights of the people, and the question of how to set constraints under which a free society wages war…"
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Armand

Excellent and highly recommended.

Thanks Kevin!.

Amicalement
Armand

I have some issues with the review. In the past some here have argued it is unfair to make negative comments in response to a review of a book that hasn't been released. Buchanan has done some good work in the past so I will withhold comment until I see what HE has to say.

I am about half way through it and have found it to be exceptional. I enjoyed and gained much from his earlier efforts and found his writing style to be engaging. It is well worth the time and money invested in it.

I have some issues with the review. In the past some here have argued it is unfair to make negative comments in response to a review of a book that hasn't been released. Buchanan has done some good work in the past so I will withhold comment until I see what HE has to say.

The book has been released…