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

• Autore: Hattaway Herman
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto topico: Generals - United States; Generals - Confederate States of America; Command of troops - History - 19th century; Military art and science - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reflections of a Civil War historian
• ISBN: 0-8262-6442-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818274003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Shades of blue and gray series.