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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... Military history today addresses the relationship between society and warfare . Thus biographies and the- matic studies that deal with civilians , soldiers , and politi- cal leaders are increasingly important to a larger public . This ...
... Military history today addresses the relationship between society and warfare . Thus biographies and the- matic studies that deal with civilians , soldiers , and politi- cal leaders are increasingly important to a larger public . This ...
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... Military History of the Civil War (with Archer Jones) Why the South Lost the Civil War (with Richard E. Beringer, Archer Jones, and William N. Still Jr.) Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story Told by His Scout, John McCorkle (editor ...
... Military History of the Civil War (with Archer Jones) Why the South Lost the Civil War (with Richard E. Beringer, Archer Jones, and William N. Still Jr.) Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story Told by His Scout, John McCorkle (editor ...
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... Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux of Frank L. Owsley's State-Rights Thesis Reexamined 111 “We Shall Cease to Be Friends” 133 Part 3 The Art of War Balloons and ...
... Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux of Frank L. Owsley's State-Rights Thesis Reexamined 111 “We Shall Cease to Be Friends” 133 Part 3 The Art of War Balloons and ...
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... Military History of the Civil War (1997)—were written alone. I also had collaborators for many of my articles, encyclopedia entries, and other short pieces. Richard Beringer and I worked together for many years and finally finished in ...
... Military History of the Civil War (1997)—were written alone. I also had collaborators for many of my articles, encyclopedia entries, and other short pieces. Richard Beringer and I worked together for many years and finally finished in ...
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... military history, Southern history, and religion studies. So I was very lucky to have landed a job at the University ... Military Art, 1990–1991, at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. That was the finest of all my years in teaching ...
... military history, Southern history, and religion studies. So I was very lucky to have landed a job at the University ... Military Art, 1990–1991, at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. That was the finest of all my years in teaching ...
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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