# Born to Battle

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- Book: [Born to Battle](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-hurst/born-to-battle) ([Born to Battle.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-hurst/born-to-battle.md))
- Authors: [Jack Hurst](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-hurst)
- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-04-6502-018-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2012-05-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.