Ideological cleansing. Military and paramilitary units committing mass murder. Bodies left unburied. Ethnic and racial conflict. Prisoners executed without trial. Civilian dwellings destroyed for political purposes. Mass deportations. Civilian informers touching off military raids. Rape. Torture. Looting. Is the scene of these crimes East Timor-1999? Kosovo-1998? Bosnia-1995? Viet Nam-1973? No, this was Middle Tennessee, 1863-1865. The same scenes were being enacted in all those parts of the South that were under Union military occupation during the years of the Civil War.
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Michael R. Bradley earned a Ph.D. in History from Vanderbilt University in 1970. He taught at Motlow College, near Tullahoma, Tennessee, for 36 years prior to his retirement in 2006. He continues to write and speak to groups interested in history.
Dr. Bradley is the author of several books dealing with the Civil War. The latest of these is "Forrest's Fighting Preacher:David C. Kelley of Tennessee" published by The History Press.
"Murfreesboro in the Civil War" will be released by The History Press in March 2012. This book is a history of the experiences of the citizens, black and white, Unionist and Confederate, who lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the town changed hands several times between the opposing forces.
Dr. Bradley is the author of several books dealing with the Civil War. The latest of these is "Forrest's Fighting Preacher:David C. Kelley of Tennessee" published by The History Press.
"Murfreesboro in the Civil War" will be released by The History Press in March 2012. This book is a history of the experiences of the citizens, black and white, Unionist and Confederate, who lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the town changed hands several times between the opposing forces.
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A brutal and candid accounting,
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This review is from: With Blood and Fire: Life Behind Union Lines in Middle Tennessee, 1863-65 (Paperback)
A very strongly recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library Civil War Studies collections, With Blood & Fire: Life Behind Union Lines In Middle Tennessee, 1863-65 by Civil War expert Michael R. Bradley is a brutal and candid accounting of the devastating toll Union occupation took upon Middle Tennesee. Graphic in its detail of murder, robbery, looting, sexual assault, and more, With Blood & Fire is an expertly researched, deftly written, presentation of the hardships of war and scars that could not fully heal.
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Startling brutality of US Army occupation of Tennessee,
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Dr. Bradley does a marvelous job of showing the level of brutality used by the US Army in its unsuccessful attempt to pacify the Tennessee countryside during the Civil War. Murder, starvation, kidnapping, intimidation were among the Army's tools of the trade, but they never stopped Southerners from shooting at trains and boats. Americans did not make a good occupying force in the 19th Century and we don't make a good one today -- thankfully.
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Michael Bradley at his finest!,
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Michael Bradley has such a vast knowledge on the civil war! I enjoy reading all of his books!!! The short story collections are great also! If you ever get the chance to talk to him in person, TAKE IT!!! He is truely an amazing man!
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