William R. Trotter – författare

Det här är en bok om strider - grymma och hänsynslösa, utkämpade under brutala, närmast arktiska väderförhållanden. Modiga enmansattacker mot pansarvagnar, gerillakrig på skidor, ofattbar uthållighet och ett karismatiskt ledarskap från ett av 1900-talets stora militära genier - detta var grunden för Finlands kortlivade seger. Trots finländarnas tappra kamp var krigets utgång förutbestämd. Ryssarna insåg till slut att det som de trodde skulle bli en lätt seger över en numerärt underlägsen fiende hade förvandlats till en brutal avrättningsplats. Inkompetenta befäl ersattes, fler och mer välutbildade trupper sattes in. Även om finländarna förlorade på slagfältet lyckades de genom sitt motstånd hålla järnridån på avstånd och bevara Finlands självständighet.

WILLIAM R. TROTTER (19432020) var historiker och författare, som för denna bok vann den amerikanska Finlandiastiftelsens litteraturpris.

"en god översiktlig skildring av vinterkrigett."Ölandsbladet

"Man finner sällan en bok skriven med sådan pondus som denna av herr Trotter."New York Times Book Review

"Trotter skildrar mästerligt en del av historien som det måste berättas om." The Washington Times

"Trotters skildring är en av de hittills bästa om detta unika krig." The Virginian-Pilot

Det här är en bok om strider- grymma och hänsynslösa, utkämpade under brutala, närmast arktiska väderförhållanden. Modiga enmansattacker mot pansarvagnar, gerillakrig på skidor, ofattbar uthållighet och ett karismatiskt ledarskap från ett av 1900-talets stora militära genier - detta var grunden för Finlands kortlivade seger. Trots finländarnas tappra kamp var krigets utgång förutbestämd. Ryssarna insåg till slut att det som de trodde skulle bli en lätt seger över en numerärt underlägsen fiende hade förvandlats till en brutal avrättningsplats. Inkompetenta befäl ersattes, fler och mer välutbildade trupper sattes in. Även om finländarna förlorade på slagfältet lyckades de genom sitt motstånd hålla järnridån på avstånd och bevara Finlands självständighet.

WILLIAM R. TROTTER (1939-1940) var historiker och författare, som för denna bok vann den amerikanska Finlandiastiftelsens litteraturpris.

"en god översiktlig skildring av vinterkriget"ÖLANDSBLADET

"Trotter skildrar mästerligt en del av historien som det måste berättas om."THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"Man finner sällan en bok skriven med sådan pondus som denna av herr Trotter."NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Silk Flags and Cold Steel recalls the events that took place in the Piedmont region of North Carolina between late 1860 and mid-1865. Though the skirmishes in the Piedmont were more strategic than tactical, they were important to the health of the Southern cause. As long as the railways of North Carolina were operating freely and the state''s farms were producing to capacity, Robert E. Lee''s Army of Northern Virginia could move, eat, fight, and replenish itself. North Carolina''s relations with the Confederate government of Jefferson Davis were complex, touchy, and often antagonistic, for the state had been reluctant to secede and there was strong Unionist sentiment throughout the state. President Davis never particularly trusted North Carolina, a fact that blinded him to the state''s strategic value. Paradoxically, no state contributed more to the Confederate cause in terms of manpower and resources than did North Carolina. Along with discussion of the political climate, the book presents accounts of the Salisbury prison, Sherman''s march through the Carolinas, confrontations at Bentonville, Raleigh, and Greensboro, and Joe Johnston''s surrender at Bennett''s Farm.

William R. (Bill) Trotter is an essayist, book reviewer, and author of The Civil War in North Carolina and A Frozen Hell, among other books, as well as several short stories and novellas, and has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He wrote a monthly column called "The Desktop General" for PC Gamer magazine until 2004. He was the first recipient of the North Carolina English Teachers'' Association "Lifetime Achievement Award." He lives in Greensboro, NC.

Bushwhackers recounts hundreds of incidents that brought the Civil War home to the mountains of the Old North State. Some are violent, some humorous; some are heroic, some shameful. From the opening shots of the war to the vicious acts of vengeance that continued for months and even years after the war ended, Bushwhackers relates the tragic and rarely told tale of how the Civil War was fought among the proud mountain people of North Carolina.

William R. (Bill) Trotter is an essayist, book reviewer, and author of The Civil War in North Carolina and A Frozen Hell, among other books, as well as several short stories and novellas, and has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He wrote a monthly column called "The Desktop General" for PC Gamer magazine until 2004. He was the first recipient of the North Carolina English Teachers'' Association "Lifetime Achievement Award." He lives in Greensboro, NC.

Ironclads and Columbiads recounts the exciting battles and events that shook the coast of North Carolina during America''s bloodiest war. Throughout the Civil War, North Carolina''s coast was of great strategic importance to the Confederacy. Its well-protected coastline offered a perfect refuge for privateers who sallied forth and captured so many Union merchant vessels in the early days of the war that maritime insurance companies in the North went into a panic, forcing the government to mount an expedition against Cape Hatteras. North Carolina''s coastal counties and the state''s coastal railroad system were vital to the feeding and resupply of Robert E. Lee''s army. And even after the tightening blockade and powerful Federal assaults closed off the ports of Charleston, New Orleans, and Mobile, Wilmington continued to provide a haven for blockade runners. That city eventually became the most strategically important location in the entire Confederacy. To subdue Fort Fisher, which stoutly defended Wilmington, the Union was forced to assemble what was then the largest naval and amphibious landing force in American history.

William R. (Bill) Trotter is an essayist, book reviewer, and author of The Civil War in North Carolina and A Frozen Hell, among other books, as well as several short stories and novellas, and has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He wrote a monthly column called "The Desktop General" for PC Gamer magazine until 2004. He was the first recipient of the North Carolina English Teachers'' Association "Lifetime Achievement Award." He lives in Greensboro, NC.