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 8
... took too long to learn the value of entrenchments and field fortifications, they surely did learn and thereafter almost universally employed them. The ef- ficacy of these strategies only reinforced what West Point and Pro- fessor Dennis ...
... took too long to learn the value of entrenchments and field fortifications, they surely did learn and thereafter almost universally employed them. The ef- ficacy of these strategies only reinforced what West Point and Pro- fessor Dennis ...
Page 13
... took with him the staff officers that had constituted an embryonic general staff . While working in Richmond , they were an enormously important experiment in moving toward modernity . But Lee left no one be- hind to fill the role he ...
... took with him the staff officers that had constituted an embryonic general staff . While working in Richmond , they were an enormously important experiment in moving toward modernity . But Lee left no one be- hind to fill the role he ...
Page 14
... took no step to relieve or replace him. Had Davis secured a competent officer for this position, he might have avoided some of his later failures. Second, Davis allowed himself to be blinded by personal feelings. 14 Reflections of a ...
... took no step to relieve or replace him. Had Davis secured a competent officer for this position, he might have avoided some of his later failures. Second, Davis allowed himself to be blinded by personal feelings. 14 Reflections of a ...
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... took place, and indeed I agree with them; it's just that in the old days my wife and I simply did not have enough time or money to afford getting to everyplace that S. D. Lee saw action. One of the things that made Lee so fun, but also ...
... took place, and indeed I agree with them; it's just that in the old days my wife and I simply did not have enough time or money to afford getting to everyplace that S. D. Lee saw action. One of the things that made Lee so fun, but also ...
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... took place only a short time before the Second Manassas campaign began ; as a result , the sources are a bit garbled — some are contradictory , and some are surprisingly brief— and I have not been able to determine the precise types or ...
... took place only a short time before the Second Manassas campaign began ; as a result , the sources are a bit garbled — some are contradictory , and some are surprisingly brief— and I have not been able to determine the precise types or ...
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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