John Bell Hood
WINNER of the 2014 ALBERT CASTEL BOOK AWARD. John Bell Hood was one of the Confederacyas most successfulaand enigmaticagenerals. He died at 48 after a brief illness in August of 1879, leaving behind the first draft of his memoirs Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies. Published posthumously the following year, the memoirs immediately became as controversial as their author. A careful and balanced examination of these acontroversies, a however, coupled with the recent discovery of Hoodas personal papers (which were long considered lost) finally sets the record straight in John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General. Outlived by most of his critics, Hoodas published version of many of the major events and controversies of his Confederate military career were met with scorn and skepticism. Some described his memoirs as nothing more than a polemic against his arch-rival Joseph E. Johnston. These unflattering opinions persisted throughout the decades and reached their nadir in 1992, when an influential author described Hoodas memoirs as amerely a bitter, misleading, and highly distorted treatisea replete with adistortions, misrepresentations, and outright falsifications.a Without any personal papers to contradict them, many historians and writers portrayed Hood as an inept and dishonest opium addict and a conniving, vindictive cripple of a man. One writer went so far as to brand him aa fool with a license to kill his own men.a What most readers donat know is that nearly all of these authors misused sources, ignored contrary evidence, and/or suppressed facts sympathetic to Hood. Stephen M. aSama Hood, a distant relative of the general, embarked on a meticulous forensic study of the common perceptions and controversies of his famous kinsman. His careful examination of the original sources utilized to create the broadly accepted afactsa about John Bell Hood uncovered startlingly poor scholarship by some of the most well-known and influential historians of the 20th and 21st centuries. These discoveries, coupled with his access to a large cache of recently discovered Hood papersamany penned by generals and other officers who served with Hoodaconfirm Hoodas account that originally appeared in his memoir and resolve, for the first time, some of the most controversial aspects of Hoodas long career. aBlindly accepting historical atruthsa without vigorous challenge, a cautions one historian, ais a perilous path to understanding real history.a The shocking revelations in John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General will forever change our perceptions of Hood as both a man and a general, and those who set out to shape his legacy.28 In TheConfederacya#39;s Last Hurrah, Sword claimedthat Hollow TreeGapathe point where the Federalescape toNashvillecould ... From the extreme rightofHooda#39;s armya#39;sposition, along thebank of theHarpeth River, the distance is slightly shorter as thecrow flies, but ... and his requested 2, 000 infantry wouldhave had to ford therushingrainswollen Harpeth River, march crosscountry 10 to12 miles in clearanbsp;...
| Title | : | John Bell Hood |
| Author | : | Stephen Hood |
| Publisher | : | Savas Beatie - 2013-07-19 |
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