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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... important to a larger public . This series includes books that will appeal to Civil War Roundtable groups , individuals , libraries , and academics . with a special interest in this era of American history . Also by Herman Hattaway ...
... important to a larger public . This series includes books that will appeal to Civil War Roundtable groups , individuals , libraries , and academics . with a special interest in this era of American history . Also by Herman Hattaway ...
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... 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 State Rights in the Confederacy, especially in its condemnation of local defense forces ...
... 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 State Rights in the Confederacy, especially in its condemnation of local defense forces ...
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... for whom that is the case. My second interest, running a close second to my primary one— and it may be that my contributions here are more important to the field of history in general—has been macrocosmic synthesis. That is, xiv Preface.
... for whom that is the case. My second interest, running a close second to my primary one— and it may be that my contributions here are more important to the field of history in general—has been macrocosmic synthesis. That is, xiv Preface.
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... important to remember, and sometimes to try to “relive,” history. I have been very involved in trying to evaluate the work of my fellow historians through the formal review process. My published reviews total in the hundreds. I have ...
... important to remember, and sometimes to try to “relive,” history. I have been very involved in trying to evaluate the work of my fellow historians through the formal review process. My published reviews total in the hundreds. I have ...
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... political generals in The War within the Union High Command : Politics and Generalship during the Civil War ( Lawrence : University Press of Kansas , 2003 ) . perform well; it is important that he be neither too 3 Civil War Leadership.
... political generals in The War within the Union High Command : Politics and Generalship during the Civil War ( Lawrence : University Press of Kansas , 2003 ) . perform well; it is important that he be neither too 3 Civil War Leadership.
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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