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Autore |
Hattaway Herman |
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Titolo |
Reflections of a Civil War historian : essays on leadership, society, and the art of war / / Herman Hattaway ; foreword by Frank F. Vandiver |
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Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Shades of blue and gray series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Generals - United States |
Generals - Confederate States of America |
Command of troops - History - 19th century |
Military art and science - United States - History - 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Miscellanea |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Civil War leadership -- Stephen d. Lee and the guns at Second Manassas -- P.G.T. Beauregard -- Morgan's Raid : the war strikes home -- Soldier of conscience, George H. Thomas : a Virginian fights for the Union -- Lincoln's presidential example in dealing with the military -- The war inside the church -- State rights and local defense : the crux of Frank L. Owsley's state-rights thesis reexamined -- "We shall cease to be friends" -- Balloons and the American military : Civil War to World War I -- The War Board, the basis of the United States' first general staff -- The Civil War armies : creation, mobilization, and development -- The evolution of tactics in the Civil War -- Epilogue : on remembering and reliving history. |
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