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History Matters: Generals as Presidents

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published May 8, 2018 at 7:35 AM CDT
Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860)
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Airs Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 7:45 a.m. This week Commentator Dr. Gary Joiner looks at Generals who became President, and examines those who failed and succeeded.
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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