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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... read for anyone willing to think seriously about the war that changed the United States and perhaps the world. FRANK E. VANDIVER Preface This is my “late-in-career vanity piece.” That is, it xi Foreword by Frank E Vandiver.
... read for anyone willing to think seriously about the war that changed the United States and perhaps the world. FRANK E. VANDIVER Preface This is my “late-in-career vanity piece.” That is, it xi Foreword by Frank E Vandiver.
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... late-in-career vanity piece.” That is, it is a compilation of writings which I have composed over the years, most of them previously published, but some in rather obscure outlets and thus not easily available for present-day readers. A ...
... late-in-career vanity piece.” That is, it is a compilation of writings which I have composed over the years, most of them previously published, but some in rather obscure outlets and thus not easily available for present-day readers. A ...
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... late 1862 made Grant's line of operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them head on. A Union frontal attack failed at Chickasaw Bayou.2 That battle later lent some credence to the myth—popular in some ...
... late 1862 made Grant's line of operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them head on. A Union frontal attack failed at Chickasaw Bayou.2 That battle later lent some credence to the myth—popular in some ...
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... late in the war , Davis pri- marily carried the burden of being chief of staff , and he carried too much . Not only did Davis lack Lincoln's opportunity to reflect upon and refine plans , tasks appropriated in the Confederacy primarily ...
... late in the war , Davis pri- marily carried the burden of being chief of staff , and he carried too much . Not only did Davis lack Lincoln's opportunity to reflect upon and refine plans , tasks appropriated in the Confederacy primarily ...
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... late; he had very little room in which to work, and Atlanta was soon lost. Richard McMurry has rightly opined that if Johnston had been left in command, we could study the amphibious evacuation of Key West. It is not that Johnston ...
... late; he had very little room in which to work, and Atlanta was soon lost. Richard McMurry has rightly opined that if Johnston had been left in command, we could study the amphibious evacuation of Key West. It is not that Johnston ...
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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