Soldiers in the Shadow: Unknown Heroes Who Changed the Course of History
Inbunden bok. Bounty Books. 2006. 287 sidor.
Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. Just about everyone has heard of Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Napoleon, three historical figures who, for better or worse, radically changed the world. But what about William Walker, Fred Ward and John Singleton Mosby? They didn't live centuries ago but what they did changed the world we live in. William Walker recruited a handful of barflies in San Francisco and not only conquered a country but frustrated the plans of the world's greatest empire. Fred Ward almost single-handedly dragged the military of the world's largest country into modern times. John Singleton Mosby, Confederate private, carved Mosby's Confederacy out of what is now suburban Washington and prolonged the Civil War at least six months. Captain Jack, a Modoc Indian chief and his handful of followers stymied 100 times their number of US Army troops for months. Not all of the Soldiers in the Shadows are American but each one of the stories, their adventures, are of heroes who deserve to be out of the shadows.
