Behind Enemy Lines [electronic resource] : Civil War Spies, Raiders, and Guerrillas
Wilmer L. Jones PhD2015
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Frequently surprising, sometimes bloody, and always absorbing, Behind Enemy
Lines offers up tales of espionage, hit-and-run raids, and guerrilla warfare.
The book provides a new perspective on familiar aspects of Civil War history,
including shadowy agents, women using their feminine wiles, unashamed looting,
and vengeful crusades.
Popular historian Wilmer L. Jones reveals that, by subverting the methods of
traditional warfare, small and sometimes unorganized groups as well as intrepid
spies, daring raiders, and mutinous guerrillas turned the tide of the Civil War
far from the fronts of the now-legendary battlefields.
Each of the three sections-spies, raiders, and Guerrillas-introduces riveting
accounts of the often-overlooked heroes and heroines of unconventional warfare.
Behind Enemy Lines spotlights such fabled infiltrators as Belle Boyd, Allen
Pinkerton, and Timothy Webster. It also examines how the South, with its daring
cavalry and constant struggle for supplies,...
Main title:
Behind Enemy Lines [electronic resource] : Civil War Spies, Raiders, and Guerrillas / Wilmer L. Jones PhD
Author:
Wilmer L. Jones PhD, Author
Imprint:
United States : Taylor Trade, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (344 pages,)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781630760878
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
427754
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