Lincoln and his admirals : Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War / / Craig L. Symonds
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Symonds Craig L
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Lincoln and his admirals : Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War / / Craig L. Symonds
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7092B |
| Soggetto topico: | Presidents - United States |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2008. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-416) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1861: GETTING UNDER WAY; 1. "What Have I Done Wrong?": Lincoln and the Fort Sumter Crisis; 2. "A Competent Force": Lincoln and the Blockade; 3. "No Affront to the British Flag": Lincoln and the Trent Affair; 1862: CHARTING A COURSE; 4. "Rain the Rebels Out": Lincoln and the River War; 5. "It Strikes Me There's Something in It": Lincoln and the Monitor; 6. "We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Contrabands; 1863: TROUBLED WATERS; 7. "The Peninsula All Over Again": Lincoln, Charleston, and Vicksburg |
| 8. "I Shall Have to Cut This Knot": Lincoln as Adjudicator9. "Peace Does Not Appear So Distant as It Did": Lincoln and Wartime Politics; 1864: FULL SPEED AHEAD; 10. "A Worthy Object": Lincoln and the Red River Campaign; 11. "A Vote of Thanks": Lincoln and the Politics of Promotion; 12. "I Must Refer You to General Grant": Lincoln Relinquishes the Conn; 1865: FINAL HARBOR; Epilogue: "Thank God That I Have Lived to See This": Lincoln and the End of the War; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work outlines the four factors that explain Abraham Lincoln's success in building a strong Union navy: his pragmatism, his willingness to judge men based on performance rather than politics, his command of new technology, and his deft hand at diplomacy. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lincoln and his admirals |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771430-7 |
| 1-281-82586-7 | |
| 9786611825867 | |
| 0-19-971871-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827585303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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