John M. Schofield and the politics of generalship [[electronic resource] /] / Donald B. Connelly

• Autore: Connelly Donald B
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.0092; B
• Soggetto topico: Generals - United States; Civil-military relations - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-450) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Early years -- Saving Missouri -- Take care of Missouri -- If both factions shall abuse you -- Escape to the front -- The Franklin-Nashville campaign -- To the east--to the end -- Soldier-statesman -- Secretary of War -- The rocky road of reform -- The mistake of my life -- Uncertain future -- Incremental reformer -- In retirement and in retrospect.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B. Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War. In doing so, Connelly illuminates the role of politics in the formulation of military policy, during both war and peace, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.Connelly relates how Schofield, as a department commander during the war, had to cope with contending political factions that sought to shape military and civil policies. Following the war, Schofield occupied every senio
• Titolo autorizzato: John M. Schofield and the politics of generalship
• ISBN: 0-8078-7708-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452033703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War America.