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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... 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.
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... politics before the Civil War, and men with political experience tended to begin the war with higher ranks. But significantly, the very highest ranks attained by civilians went to politicians who also had Mexican War experience ...
... politics before the Civil War, and men with political experience tended to begin the war with higher ranks. But significantly, the very highest ranks attained by civilians went to politicians who also had Mexican War experience ...
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... politicians favorably reacted to this strategy, one which seemed well adapted to the weaker side, which clearly, as everyone could see, the South was. But territory was a defensive asset for the South: the vast size of the Confederacy ...
... politicians favorably reacted to this strategy, one which seemed well adapted to the weaker side, which clearly, as everyone could see, the South was. But territory was a defensive asset for the South: the vast size of the Confederacy ...
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... Politics of Command, called the “western concentration bloc”—wished to seize the initiative and bring about a surprise offensive convergence against a weak Union line. P. G. T. Beauregard expressed it in classical form; others, such as ...
... Politics of Command, called the “western concentration bloc”—wished to seize the initiative and bring about a surprise offensive convergence against a weak Union line. P. G. T. Beauregard expressed it in classical form; others, such as ...
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... politicians, who criticized his work or tried to interfere with him.”6 Beauregard married for a second time, to Caroline Deslonde, the influential sister-in-law of Louisiana senator John Slidell. Accord- ing to Williams, though ...
... politicians, who criticized his work or tried to interfere with him.”6 Beauregard married for a second time, to Caroline Deslonde, the influential sister-in-law of Louisiana senator John Slidell. Accord- ing to Williams, though ...
Contents
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35 | |
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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