Autore	Hanson David S. <1969->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : , : Air University Press, , [2008]
Descrizione fisica	ix, 74 pages : digital, PDF file
Collana	Drew paper
Soggetto topico	Generals - United States Airlift, Military - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Biographies.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	"When you get a job to do, do it"
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910694564503321

Autore	Daniel J. Furman, III
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (127 pages)
Disciplina	355.4
Soggetto topico	Military art and science - United States Strategy Generals - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-68247-064-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction: A warrior's honeymoon(s) -- An early view of a military mind -- The warrior mindset -- Technology and war -- Patterns of success -- Anticipating the next war -- Refining the concept of mechanized war -- Training the force -- Conclusion: An intimate glimpse into the Patton mind.
Altri titoli varianti	Twenty-first century Patton, strategic insights for the modern era
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910158984303321

Autore	Ferling John E
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (694 p.)
Disciplina	973.3/3
Soggetto topico	Generals - United States Soldiers - United States - History - 18th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-16246-9 9786611162467 0-19-804005-9 1-4294-9168-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Preface; Introduction: "My Country, My Honor, My Life": Bravery and Death in War; PART ONE: GOING TO WAR, 1775-1776; PART TWO: THE WAR IN THE NORTH, 1776-1779; PART THREE: THE WAR IN THE SOUTH, 1780-1781; PART FOUR: AMERICAN VICTORY, 1781-1783; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451864703321

Autore	Laslie Brian D.
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (255 pages)
Disciplina	358.40092
Collana	American Warriors
Soggetto topico	Generals - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Air power - United States
ISBN	0-8131-7405-8 0-8131-7406-6 0-8131-7404-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Beginnings, West Point, and early assignments -- The Air Corps Tactical School -- The coming war -- The European Theater of Operations -- North Africa -- Back to Washington and Hap's stand-in -- The Pacific, war's end, and Air Transport Command -- Air University -- Fixing the Far East Air Forces and creating the Pacific Air Forces -- Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910794992803321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (631 p.)
Disciplina	973.73
Altri autori (Persone)	CozzensPeter <1957->
Soggetto topico	Generals - United States - History - 19th century Generals - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-15560-5 9786613155603 0-252-09089-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editorial Method""; ""PART 1: PRELUDE TO WAR""; ""1. From West Point to the Battlefield""; ""2. The Seventh Regiment at the Capital, 1861""; ""PART 2: THE WAR IN 1861""; ""3. Alexandria, a Graphic Account of Its Capture""; ""4. The Battle of Rich Mountain""; ""5. At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment""; ""6. What I Saw at Wilson's Creek""; ""PART 3: LEADERS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY""; ""7. Lincoln and Grant""; ""8. Robert E. Lee"" ""PART 4: THE WAR IN 1862""""9. Stonewall Jackson't Discontent""; ""10. My Campaign in East Kentucky""; ""11. A Boy at Shiloh""; ""12. A Soldier's Letter from Shiloh""; ""13. Sketching under Fire at Antietam""; ""14. The Battle of Perryville""; ""15. In the Ranks at Stones River""; ""PART 5: THE WAR IN 1863""; ""16. Grierson's Cavalry Raid""; ""17. Recollections of Marye's Heights and Salem Church""; ""18. Criminal Blundering at Chancellorsville""; ""19. With Hood at Gettysburg""; ""20. Further Recollections of Gettysburg""; ""21. Another View of Gettysburg"" ""22. General ""Jeb"" Stuart at Gettysburg""""23. Port Hudson: The Forlorn Hope and the Siege""; ""24. Plain Living at Johnson's Island""; ""25. A Romance of Morgan's Rough Reider""; ""26. The Assault on Fort Wagner""; ""27. The Mistakes of Grant in Relation to the Chickamauga Campaign""; ""28. Grant at Chattanooga""; ""PART 6: THE WAR IN 1864""; ""29. Dahlgren's Raid""; ""30. The Siege of Petersburg""; ""31. The Battle of Petersburg""; ""32. The Crater""; ""33. With Sherman at Atlanta""; ""34. The Price Campaign of 1864""; ""35. Sheridan at Winchester""; ""36. General Schofield at Franklin"" ""PART 7: FIRESIDE AND FIELD of BATTLE""""37. The Railroad Brigade""; ""38. Telegraphing in Battle""; ""39. A View of the Confederacy from the Inside""; ""PART 8: THE WAR IN 1865""; ""40. The Failure of the Hampton Conference""; ""41. The Fall of Fort Fisher""; ""42. The Burning of Columbia""; ""43. The Last Days of the Rebellion""; ""44. The Last Days of Lee's Army""; ""45. An Effort to Rescue Jefferson Davis""; ""46. The Last Chapter in the History of the War""; ""PART 9: EPILOGUE""; ""47. Why the Confederacy Failed""; ""Notes on Sources and Contributors""; ""Map and Illustration Credits"" ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457543903321