{"product_id":"detour-to-disaster-noel-carpenter-9781611216714","title":"Detour to Disaster: General John Bell Hood's Slight Demonstration at Decatur and the Unraveling of the Tennessee Campaign","description":"\u003cb\u003eA detailed account of the pivotal decision made by a young army commander to march to Decatur, and the consequential combat that ensued.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn October of 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood set out through Alabama on what would be the final campaign of the Army of Tennessee. One event in particular, overlooked and misunderstood for generations, portended what was to follow and is the subject of Noel Carpenter's \u003ci\u003eDetour to Disaster: General John Bell Hood's \"Slight Demonstration\" at Decatur and the Unravelling of the Tennessee Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating and meticulously detailed and documented account--the first book-length study of the weighty decision to march to Decatur and the combat that followed there--Carpenter investigates the circumstances surrounding these matters and how they overwhelmed the controversial young army commander and potentially doomed his daring invasion. \u003ci\u003eDetour to Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for everyone interested in the Western Theater, and especially the doomed Tennessee Campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noel Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611216710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611216714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savas Beatie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Noel Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077716799743,"sku":"9781611216714","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab8ac45b-f8d2-4302-a3da-a23eacbbe724.jpg?v=1685471411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/detour-to-disaster-noel-carpenter-9781611216714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}