Civil War Generalship: The Art of Command - Rilegato

Wood, W. J.

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ISBN 10: 0275950549 ISBN 13: 9780275950545

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 1997

Riassunto

This study challenges both the accepted convention that the American Civil War was the first "modern war" and the myth that Civil War leaders were guided by foreign and American military thought in fighting their war. Wood's work takes an innovative approach by selecting three typical higher level commanders on each side, Union and Confederate, and then "pairing them off" in the campaigns and battles in which they actually confronted each other. While readers gain insight into the nature and character of a commander, they can, at the same time, observe how each put his art of command into practice. Civil War commanders at the operational level had to confront not only their opponents on campaign and in battle, they also had to develop--even create--their own method of command through their personal on-the-job training, while actually engaged in combat operations.

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L'autore:

W. J. WOOD is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel whose capabilities have included not only professional authorship but also combat experience in World War II and the Korean War, a decade spent in professional war gaming for weapons systems analysis at the Army Materiel Command, as well as a lifetime study of military history. The combination of these qualifications have made him well-suited to study the art of command. He is the author of Battles of the Revolutionary War (1990) and Leaders and Battles (1984).

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0275950549
• ISBN 13: 9780275950545
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 269