Excerpt: ... to feel the growing pinch both in numbers and credit. At Gettysburg Lee made his final effort to destroy the army which he had frequently defeated but never eliminated. Victory meant the fall of Washington, the coming of despair to the North, an end of the Civil War, which would bring independence and the prize for which they had contended to the Confederates. And Lee failed at Gettysburg, not as Napoleon failed at Waterloo or as MacMahon failed at Sedan, but he failed, and his failure was the beginning of the ...
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Excerpt: ... to feel the growing pinch both in numbers and credit. At Gettysburg Lee made his final effort to destroy the army which he had frequently defeated but never eliminated. Victory meant the fall of Washington, the coming of despair to the North, an end of the Civil War, which would bring independence and the prize for which they had contended to the Confederates. And Lee failed at Gettysburg, not as Napoleon failed at Waterloo or as MacMahon failed at Sedan, but he failed, and his failure was the beginning of the end. The victory of Gettysburg put new heart, new assurance into the North; it broke the long illusion of an invincible Confederacy; it gave to Europe, to London, and to Paris, even more promptly 74 than to Washington, the unmistakable message that the North was bound to win the Civil War. I mean in a moment to discuss the military aspects of this conflict about the Lorraine fortress, but before the military it is essential to grasp the moral consequences of Verdun to France, to the Allies, to Germany. Not since the Marne, not even then
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Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Spine ends and hinges scuffed; board corners bent in and rubbed; both covers have some stains on them; edges and rear endpapers foxed; else tight, clean, square, and unmarked; 12mo. 142 p. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine
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