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Agent Of Destiny: The Life And Times Of General Winfield Scott
The initial portion of the book analyzes Scott’s early days in the Army, a time which featured his stint as a prisoner-of-war at the hands of the British. This occurred after his first military action, which took place during the War of ’s Battle of Queenston Heights.
After ultimately being freed (Eisenhower comments on how courteous the treatment of prisoners-of-war were during the conflict), Scott shortly returned to the field of battle and would lead the successful taking of Fort George from the British. He would later take part in maneuvers during the Battle of Chi
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"Johnson has taken the biographical genre to its full extent, reaching beyond the life of his subject to offer a deeper understanding of the world around him."—H-Net Reviews
"A welcome biography."—Journal of the Early Republic
"Johnson has done a superb job of presenting Winfield Scott as a human being, replete with human failures.'—Journal of American History
"This is a well-researched, thoughtful, and readable biography that will now be the starting place for any serious student of Winfield Scott."—Journal of Southern History
"Johnson has brought to life both the imposing military commander and the flawed individual whose inflated ego matched his giant and increasingly corpulent frame."—American Nineteenth Century History
“Well-written and meticulously researched. This is a masterful biography that will appeal to laymen and scholars alike.”—Journal of Military History
“The definitive study. Johnson’s distinguished work gives a long-deserved but neglected credit to ‘Old Fuss
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From Kirkus Reviews
A full-dress study of a great general whose life spanned the life of his ung nationfrom the Founding Fathers to the Civil Warbut who has been largely neglected bygd historians. Johnson (History/Lipscomb Univ.) has delved into vast but scattered primary and secondary sources to write a scholarly biography of Scott, who was one of the first US Army officers to man a formal study of European military manuals, whose regulations established a code that brought new professionalism into 19th-century American warfare. The US Army, beneath Scott's innovative leadership, thus became capable of withstanding the best European soldiers. Scott consulted with Lafayette and Prussian officers in Europe, and noted the fatal mistakeslooting and pillageof Napoleon's armies in the Spanish and Russian campaigns. Although he blundered early in his career in the Indian Wars in Florida and Alabama, he performed brilliantly in the Mexican War, and his strong discipline and fair dealing wi