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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Page ix
... Balloons and the American Military: Civil War to World War I 147 The War Board, the Basis of the United States' First General Staff 158 The Civil War Armies: Creation, Mobilization, and Development 169 The Evolution of Tactics in the ...
... Balloons and the American Military: Civil War to World War I 147 The War Board, the Basis of the United States' First General Staff 158 The Civil War Armies: Creation, Mobilization, and Development 169 The Evolution of Tactics in the ...
Page xi
... balloons. Especially useful are his careful studies of numbers and casualties. He blazes an important new trail in this book with his essay on “State Rights and Local Defense”; he takes sharp issue with Frank L. Owsley's famous book ...
... balloons. Especially useful are his careful studies of numbers and casualties. He blazes an important new trail in this book with his essay on “State Rights and Local Defense”; he takes sharp issue with Frank L. Owsley's famous book ...
Page xv
... balloons, high-level reform in mil- itary organization, the relevance of religion in warfare, the concept and significance of civil religion, the nature of good (and bad) mili- tary leadership, and why people find it interesting and ...
... balloons, high-level reform in mil- itary organization, the relevance of religion in warfare, the concept and significance of civil religion, the nature of good (and bad) mili- tary leadership, and why people find it interesting and ...
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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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