Reflections of a Civil War Historian: Essays on Leadership, Society, and the Art of WarUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 254 pages |
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... United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 08 07 06 05 04 Library of Congress Cataloging - in ... United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Miscellanea . 2. Generals— United States - Biography . 3. Generals ...
... United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 08 07 06 05 04 Library of Congress Cataloging - in ... United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Miscellanea . 2. Generals— United States - Biography . 3. Generals ...
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... United States' First General Staff 158 The Civil War Armies: Creation, Mobilization, and Development 169 The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War 200 Epilogue: On Remembering and Reliving History 221 Index 237 Foreword For more than ...
... United States' First General Staff 158 The Civil War Armies: Creation, Mobilization, and Development 169 The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War 200 Epilogue: On Remembering and Reliving History 221 Index 237 Foreword For more than ...
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... United States had the power to fight a two-front war and Hattaway adroitly suggests that a stalemate seemed likely and would have been too costly for Victoria's exchequer. Deftly written, boldly insightful, certainly controversial, this ...
... United States had the power to fight a two-front war and Hattaway adroitly suggests that a stalemate seemed likely and would have been too costly for Victoria's exchequer. Deftly written, boldly insightful, certainly controversial, this ...
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... United States, more or less (a few new ones are created and a few die out every year). At least 2,000 of them are in remote places which I would regard as unfit to live in. I have always mused that being trapped at the University of ...
... United States, more or less (a few new ones are created and a few die out every year). At least 2,000 of them are in remote places which I would regard as unfit to live in. I have always mused that being trapped at the University of ...
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... United States's war with Mexico a “rehearsal for conflict,” statistical investigation reveals that Mexican War service by itself offered little of value in propelling a man upward in general-grade rank. Mexican War service and a West ...
... United States's war with Mexico a “rehearsal for conflict,” statistical investigation reveals that Mexican War service by itself offered little of value in propelling a man upward in general-grade rank. Mexican War service and a West ...
Contents
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The War Strikes Home | 52 |
A Virginian | 66 |
Lincolns Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military | 78 |
The War inside the Church | 99 |
The Crux of Frank L | 111 |
We Shall Cease to Be Friends | 133 |
Civil War to World War I | 147 |
The War Board the Basis of the United States | 158 |
Creation Mobilization | 169 |
The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War | 200 |
On Remembering and Reliving History | 221 |
Index | 237 |
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