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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818274003321

Autore

Hattaway Herman

Titolo

Reflections of a Civil War historian : essays on leadership, society, and the art of war / / Herman Hattaway ; foreword by Frank F. Vandiver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8262-6442-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Shades of blue and gray series

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.