Download or read book Simon Bolivar Buckner written by Arndt Stickles and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trained at West Point, Buckner saw service in the Mexican War but retired to private life afterwards. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he became a general in the Confederate army. In the troublesome years following the war, he served as governor of Ken
Download or read book Simon Bolivar Buckner written by Stephen Russell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Bolivar Buckner was branded "the greatest traitor to the nation since Benedict Arnold" by his hometown newspaper. His choice to join the Confederacy turned his neighbors against him, but as this book shows, he rebounded to become Governor of Kentucky, and a candidate for the U.S. Vice-Presidency.
Download or read book Tenth Army Commander written by Christopher L. Kolakowski and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full publication of the writings of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., a major figure of the Pacific War.
Download or read book The Currency written by Simon Bolivar Buckner and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seven Stars written by Simon Bolivar Buckner and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle diaries are essential for understanding what generals are thinking as they work their way through the fog of battle. Nicholas Sarantakes juxtaposes the diaries of two very different generals who both fought at Okinawa: Lt. Gen. Buckner, a by-the-numbers man who favored the use of artillery and tanks to reduce entrenched positions, and Gen. Stilwell, a prickly outsider who preferred maneuver to set-piece battles. Sarantakes identifies individuals, includes explanations of important events alluded to by the generals and provides glossaries of main characters and military terms. The result is a record of how Buckner and Stilwell came to grips with the problems of command on a war-torn island at the end of a long logistical tether. With the background information provided by Sarantakes, the diaries of these men become accessible to the reader. Buckner is the more restrained, a southern gentleman whose career was average and whose diary entries are interspersed with letters to his wife. He shuttles between forward command posts and shipboard conferences, noting how much rain has fallen, how many enemy have been killed, and how many aircraft have been shot down. Stilwell is a self-styled outsider, a brilliant warrior with the social graces of a porcupine. He dislikes Buckner and has little patience for his irreverent humor. Stilwell writes, "Buckner is tiresome. I tried to tell him what I had seen, but he knew it all. Keeps repeating his wise-cracks. 'The Lord said let there be mud,' etc. etc." ( June 5, 1944). Stilwell's entries are peppered with frank and often acrid observations about everything and everybody. He dismisses the British as "hoggish, inconsiderate" Limeys and atomic scientists as "temperamental bugs." The battle for Okinawa was a pivotal event in World War II and has the distinction of being the single bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States Navy. The diaries of these two men provide a new perspective from which to evaluate the events. This book is a fascinating exploration of the art of leading troops in battle and will interest scholars and students of the Pacific War.
Download or read book Tenth Army Commander written by Christopher L. Kolakowski and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important memoir from a long-silent voice among Pacific War leaders. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a major figure of the Pacific War, both for his command in Alaska and in his key role heading Tenth Army during the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Buckner was the senior U.S. officer killed by enemy fire in World War II when Japanese artillery cut him down on June 18, 1945, one month shy of his 59th birthday. The shelling ended a remarkable life – son of a Confederate Lieutenant General and governor of Kentucky, the “Child of the Democracy” in the 1896 Presidential election campaign, educated at West Point, myriad service as a student and instructor at various Army posts and schools from 1917 to 1936, command in Alaska from 1940 to 1944, and ultimately of Tenth Army from 1944 to his death. General Buckner kept a diary covering the period from January 1, 1944 to June 17, 1945, which has never been fully published until now. Buckner made notes every day, often in great detail; his chief of staff thought Buckner wanted to write a memoir after the war, but the papers were scattered after his death. In addition to the Okinawa material, Buckner’s diaries discuss his departure from Alaska and service in Hawaii as Tenth Army commander. Topics include his daily life in wartime Hawaii, troop training, comments on war events, gossip, notes on his travels to Guam and the Philippines, and his role in the Smith vs Smith controversy after the Battle of Saipan. The diary text is augmented by letters from General Buckner to his wife Adele during March to June 1945, and a letter from the Tenth Army Chief of Staff to Adele detailing Buckner's death. Tenth Army Commander is an important account from a too-long-silent voice among Pacific War leaders.
Download or read book Buckner Simon Bolivar Letter written by Simon Bolivar Buckner and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copy of Buckner's letter from his headquarters at Dover, Tennessee, February 16, 1862, to Ulysses S. Grant, accepting terms of surrender.
Download or read book Simon Bolivar Buckner Borderland Knight written by Arndt M. Stickles and published by . This book was released on 1987-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Simon Bolivar Buckner written by Arndt Mathis Stickles and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Simon Bolivar Buckner and the Battle at Fort Donelson written by Gary P. Palangio and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Philippines written by Simon Bolivar Buckner and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are about eighty short tales, mostly humorous, some historical, and some even anthropological written by the young Lieutenant Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. who was an adventurous and inquisitive young bachelor stationed in the Philippines between 1910 and 1917 when the that country was exotic and dangerous.
Download or read book A Sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner written by Helen Hawes Hudgins and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914), son of Aylett Hartwell Buckner and Elizabeth Ann Morehad, who was born in Hart County, Kentucky, and later with the family to land near Mt. Holly, Arkansas. Simon Bolivar Buckner attended West Point, served in the Mexican War, married Mary Kingsbury in 1850, resigned from the army in 1855, settled in Chicago, moved later to Glen Lily, Kentucky. He served as a general in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and later as governor of Kentucky. He was nominated in 1896 for the vice-presidency of the United States. Includes some family history and genealogical data.
Download or read book Search History written by Eugene Lim and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Search History oscillates between a wild cyberdog chase and lunch-date monologues as Eugene Lim deconstructs grieving and storytelling with uncanny juxtapositions and subversive satire. Frank Exit is dead—or is he? While eavesdropping on two women discussing a dog-sitting gig over lunch, a bereft friend comes to a shocking realization: Frank has been reincarnated as a dog! This epiphany launches a series of adventures—interlaced with digressions about AI-generated fiction, virtual reality, Asian American identity in the arts, and lost parents—as an unlikely cast of accomplices and enemies pursues the mysterious canine. In elliptical, propulsive prose, Search History plumbs the depths of personal and collective consciousness, questioning what we consume, how we grieve, and the stories we tell ourselves.
Download or read book Confederate Generals General Simon Bolivar Buckner written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of HistoryCentral.com, MultiEducator, Inc., located in New Rochelle, New York, presents biographical information about American General Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914). Buckner fought for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). Buckner was involved in the campaigns at Fort Donelson and Chickamauga. An image of Buckner is available.
Download or read book Preparing for Victory written by David J Ulbrich and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing for Victory explains how and why Commandant Thomas Holcomb successfully supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and men in 1936 to 385,000 in 1943. Not only did Holcomb leave the Corps much larger, but he also helped establish it as the United States’ premier amphibious assault force and a major contributor to victory over Japan. Despite Holcomb’s successes, he has been ignored or given short shrift in most histories of the Marine Corps. No book-length study of his commandancy exists until now. Drawing on a wide range of printed and archival sources, my book contends that Holcomb expertly guided the Corps’ preparations for war during the last years of the Great Depression and then provided his “Leathernecks” with astute direction during the first harrowing twenty-five months of World War II. When measured with principles of organization theory and leadership studies, Holcomb’s abilities and achievements match those of such outstanding American military managers as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chester W. Nimitz, and George C. Marshall. Like these unassuming yet efficient officers, Holcomb shied away from the limelight and therefore never garnered the attention that “Chesty” Puller or “Howlin’ Mad” Smith have. This book fills a void and tells the story of one of the key leaders in World War II. More than any other marine, Holcomb molded his Corps into the modern force-in-readiness that would eventually help fight the Cold War and the Global War on Terror.
Download or read book The Fall of the Eagle written by Donna L. Riegel and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle Diary of Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner 1945 written by Simon Boliver Buckner and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
