{"product_id":"9781606351888-taken-at-the-flood","title":"Taken at the Flood","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert E. Lee and the Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1962\u003cbr\u003eComplementing \u003cem\u003eConfederate Tide Rising\u003c\/em\u003e, which covers the origins of the Maryland campaign, \u003cem\u003eTaken at the Flood\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed account of the military campaign itself. It focuses on military policy and strategy and the context necessary to understand that strategy.\u003cbr\u003eComplementing \u003cem\u003eConfederate Tide Rising\u003c\/em\u003e, which covers the origins of the Maryland campaign, \u003cem\u003eTaken at the Flood\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed account of the military campaign itself. It focuses on military policy and strategy and the context necessary to understand that strategy. A fair appraisal of the campaign requires a full appraisal of the circumstances under which the two commanders, Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan, laboured. Harsh attempts to discover what they believed their responsibilities were and what they tried to accomplish; to evaluate the human and logistical resources at their disposal; and to determine what they knew and when the learned it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntietam has languished in the long, obscuring shadow cast by Gettysburg. Harsh advocates rethinking the Maryland campaign and promotes the argument that Antietam was one of the most interesting, critical, and potentially enlightening episodes in U.S. history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55119544910198,"sku":"9781606351888","price":45.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38018030_847050b1-e1a3-47ab-9ca0-bf3b6ff71f68.jpg?v=1763621391","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781606351888-taken-at-the-flood","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}