20 books. I have a long list here. One of my favorite books is girls. Is earls. Is one of the first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done any others that charge, ackets book on field fortifications. A lot of people dont love braxton bragg. Im not sure you will love him after you read earls book, but it is a fair and well researched , deeply analytical look. He has won a number of awards. I should note, this book fighting for atlanta, is published by the university of North Carolina press. Let me welcome earl hess. [applause] pete, veryhank you, much. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, is the and the civil war topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important elements that influence the course of operations in the Atlantic Campaign. It is a followup to a trilogy that i did several years ago on field fortifications in the eastern campaigns. That was volume two of that trilogy coverage. Atlanta campaign was one of four that heavil
We have gordon rae with us this morning. Gordon rae, did you write this part . Gordon ramsay is considered the foremost on the Overland Campaign. He has written seven. Gary gallagher who wrote . He edited it. Right. Yeah, thats right. Gordon rhea has written several Award Winning books about the american war, including cold harbor the battle, the to the north and a river the battles of spotsylvania courthouse and the road to Yellow Tavern on the petersburg and in the footsteps of grant and lee published in 2021. His most recent book is stephenie swales black Freedom Fighter in the civil war and reconstruction. Mr. Rae is lectured across the country on topics of military history and the civil war era. Hes also appeared multiple times as as historian and presenter on nationwide Television Program teams, including the History Channel channel, Discovery Channel and cspan. Lets give gordon welcome. Well, good day. Im delighted to be here. Finally. Finally, yes. Not just usual travel stuff,
Mcmanus is widely considered to be the leading expert on the history of modern american soldiers in combat. He is the author of 15 best selling and Award Winning books, military history, including in the dead and those about die. September hope and fire and fortitude, a native of st louis and john is a curators professor of u. S. Military history at Missouri University of science and technology and rolla, this professor worship is bestowed by the university of missouri board of curators and the most outstanding scholars in the university of missouri system. During the 2018 2019 academic year, john was in residence at, the u. S. Naval academy and, annapolis, as the leo schiffrin, chair of naval, naval and military history, a distinguished visiting professor. Johns latest to the ends of the earth is the installment of three part history on the u. S. Army. During World War Two to the ends of the earth recounts the stories of us army in the final days, the battle bringing to life both the
Next speaker who so grateful for him coming in and joining us last minute and he is going to continue with our theme of bridges over troubled waters. Weve got ryan quint, whos going to present defending the bridges monocacy, another maine native like our first speaker, ryan quint is a park guide at the fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. He formerly worked at the Richmond National battlefield park, Colonial Williamsburg and George Washington foundation. Ryan has a history degree from the university of mary washington. Hes one of the emerging next generation of civil war historian. Mr. Quint is the author of determined to stand and fight the battle of monocacy, july 9th, 1864. And hes contributed to other several service baby civil war titles. Lets give mr. Quint a warm welcome. Lets see. Well, thanks, everyone, for having me. Wish i was under better circumstance, but i know we all wish peter the best. A couple of quick tests. One, can everyone hear me . Yes. Check.
Next speaker who so grateful for him coming in and joining us last minute and he is going to continue with our theme of bridges over troubled waters. Weve got ryan quint, whos going to present defending the bridges monocacy, another maine native like our first speaker, ryan quint is a park guide at the fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. He formerly worked at the Richmond National battlefield park, Colonial Williamsburg and George Washington foundation. Ryan has a history degree from the university of mary washington. Hes one of the emerging next generation of civil war historian. Mr. Quint is the author of determined to stand and fight the battle of monocacy, july 9th, 1864. And hes contributed to other several service baby civil war titles. Lets give mr. Quint a warm welcome. Lets see. Well, thanks, everyone, for having me. Wish i was under better circumstance, but i know we all wish peter the best. A couple of quick tests. One, can everyone hear me . Yes. Check.