Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott - Softcover

Eisenhower, John S. D.

 
9780806131283: Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott

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The hero of the War of 1812, the conqueror of Mexico City in the Mexican-American War, and Abraham Lincoln&;s top soldier during the first six months of the Civil War, General Winfield Scott was a seminal force in the early expansion and consolidation of the American republic. John S. D. Eisenhower explores how Scott, who served under fourteen presidents, played a leading role in the development of the United States Army from a tiny, loosely organized, politics-dominated establishment to a disciplined professional force capable of effective and sustained campaigning.

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John S. D. Eisenhower (1922-2013) was the son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium and the author of Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I.

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ISBN 10:  0684844516 ISBN 13:  9780684844510
Verlag: The Free Press, 1997
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