Reflections of a Civil War Historian: Essays on Leadership, Society, and the Art of WarUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 254 strani |
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... Point. That was the finest of all my years in teaching. The cadets were wonderful students and we much enjoyed each other. I am proud and gratified to still be in touch with some of them as well as a few of my colleagues on the faculty ...
... Point. That was the finest of all my years in teaching. The cadets were wonderful students and we much enjoyed each other. I am proud and gratified to still be in touch with some of them as well as a few of my colleagues on the faculty ...
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... Point. Of the twenty-five highest-ranking Southern generals, only Nathan Bedford Forrest was not a college graduate ... Point, the Union officers boasted a much higher academic standing; almost 40 percent of the North's West Point ...
... Point. Of the twenty-five highest-ranking Southern generals, only Nathan Bedford Forrest was not a college graduate ... Point, the Union officers boasted a much higher academic standing; almost 40 percent of the North's West Point ...
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... Point, the professional leaders were conditioned by their engineering-oriented schooling, their Mexican War experiences, and their reading of his- tory. Their familiarity with Napoleonic campaigns caused their be- lief in the ...
... Point, the professional leaders were conditioned by their engineering-oriented schooling, their Mexican War experiences, and their reading of his- tory. Their familiarity with Napoleonic campaigns caused their be- lief in the ...
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... Point and Pro- fessor Dennis Hart Mahan had already taught them, and confirmed their conviction of the tactical supremacy of the defensive. They had learned the turning movement, seen as the key to vic- tory in battle, as much from ...
... Point and Pro- fessor Dennis Hart Mahan had already taught them, and confirmed their conviction of the tactical supremacy of the defensive. They had learned the turning movement, seen as the key to vic- tory in battle, as much from ...
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... point . The Confederacy applied a similar concept less systematically to the defense of the line from Richmond to Chattanooga , a mountain- ous and less vulnerable frontier . State militia forces , largely com- posed of men otherwise ...
... point . The Confederacy applied a similar concept less systematically to the defense of the line from Richmond to Chattanooga , a mountain- ous and less vulnerable frontier . State militia forces , largely com- posed of men otherwise ...
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The War Strikes Home | 52 |
A Virginian | 66 |
Lincolns Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military | 78 |
The War inside the Church | 99 |
The Crux of Frank L | 111 |
We Shall Cease to Be Friends | 133 |
Civil War to World War I | 147 |
The War Board the Basis of the United States | 158 |
Creation Mobilization | 169 |
The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War | 200 |
On Remembering and Reliving History | 221 |
Index | 237 |
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