The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern – Ideas, Organization, and Field Command (Paper)
Autor Edward Hagermanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 sep 1992
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0253207150
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 16 b&w photos
Dimensiuni: 158 x 233 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Notă biografică
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ideas and Education
1. Theory, Doctrine, and the Tactical Maze: From Jomini to Dennis Hart Mahan
Early Change and Continuity in the East
2. Tactical and Strategic Reorganization: McCleilan and the Origins of Professionalism
3. More Reorganization: The Army of the Potomac
Elan, Tradition, and Change in Confederate Virginia
4. Elan and Organization: Early Field Command in Virginia
5. Intimations of Modern Warfare: Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia
Continuity and Change Western Style
6.Manuever and Tactics: The First and Second Lines of Confederate Defense
7. The Emergence of Trench Warfare: The Third Lines of Confederate Defense
8. Trench Warfare and Maneuver
Organizational Irony
9. Loss of Legitimacy: The Peculiar Fate of Engineering Organization
New Thresholds of Modern Warfare
10. Position and Attrition: From the Wilderness to Richmond
11. Organization, Maneuver, and the Strategy of Exhaustion: To Atlanta and Beyond
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Illustrations Follow p. 78