James M. McPherson
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View article: Drilling jar for use in a downhole network
Drilling jar for use in a downhole network Open
Apparatus and methods for integrating transmission cable into the body of selected downhole tools, such as drilling jars, having variable or changing lengths. A wired downhole-drilling tool is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention a…
View article: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Open
PREFACE PART 1 SLAVERY AND THE COMING OF WAR 1. And the War Came Escape and Revolt in Black and W PART II: THE LOST CAUSE REVISITED 3. The Confederacy: A House Divided? 4. Was the Best Defense a Good Offense? Jefferson Davis and Confederat…
View article: Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Civil War
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Civil War Open
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. Many Americans of his own time and in lat…
View article: The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters
The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters Open
"More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had 'uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the enti…