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Reflections of a Civil War historian : essays on leadership, society, and the art of war

This collection of essays is a compendium of Hattaway's writings spanning his career of more than 40 years. He has made many important scholarly contributions to the understanding of the Civil War, including the nature of good (and bad) military leadership.
eBook, English, ©2004
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, ©2004
Biographies
1 online resource (xv, 254 pages)
9780826264428, 9780826214874, 0826264425, 0826214878
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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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English