The Training Ground, Martin Dugard
The Training Ground, Martin Dugard
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The Training Ground
Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War 18461848

Author: Martin Dugard

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Nearly all of the Civil Wars greatest soldiersGrant, Lee, Sherman, Davis, and Jacksonwere forged in the heat of the Mexican War. This is their story. The Mexican War has faded from our national memory, but it was a struggle of enormous significance. It was the first U.S. war waged on foreign soil, and it nearly doubled the size of our nation. At this fascinating juncture of American history, a group of young men came together to fight as friends, only years later to fight as enemies. Full of dramatic battles, daring rescues, secret missions, soaring triumphs, and tragic losses, The Training Ground is history at its finest.

About Martin Dugard

Martin Dugard is the author of Knockdown: The Harrowing True Account of a Yacht Race Turned Deadly and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Survivor: The Ultimate Game. His dispatches have appeared in GQ, Sports Illustrated, and Esquire.

An avid adventurer, Dugard has completed the Raid Gauloises race three times, and is co-holder of the Around the World Speed Record. He lives with his wife and three children in Orange County, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dominique

Martin did an exceptional job tracing the Mexican-American War without losing the reader in unnecessary detail of military jargon and tactics. Most interestingly, he focused on the players (Soldiers) that fought in the war who would later be leading figures in the Civil War and highlighted the growi......more

Goodreads review by Chip

Enjoyable, but frustratingly incomplete. Dugard is a solid writer, he’s detailed without being too thorough and the narrative moves along at a brisk pace. The descriptions are vivid, but brief, and his details of troop movements and combat strategy are easy to understand. The problem I found with the......more

Goodreads review by Al

A compelling well written book on key civil war personalities and their role in the Mexican American War. A remarkable anecdote to me was that the Ordnance used to shell Veracruz had been captured from the British in the American Revolution. When Santa Anna was complaining that the Americans despite b......more

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