McClellan and the Union high command, 1861-1863 : leadership gaps that cost a timely victory /

"General McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac, focused on the Eastern Theater in the first two years of the Civil War, dominating strategic thinking in the high command. This re-examination of the high command and Union's inability to achieve victory in the first two years, take...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Jeffrey W., 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
Temas:
McClellan, George B. > (George Brinton), > 1826-1885 > Military leadership.
McClellan, George B. > (George Brinton), > 1826-1885.
United States. > Army > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army.
1861-1865
Generals > United States > Biography.
Command of troops > Case studies.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Commandement des troupes > Études de cas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Command of troops.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
United States.
Biography
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Citizens and soldiers: the United States military tradition
  • The ninety-day war and the struggle for high command
  • "I seem to have become the power of the land"
  • "Now is the winter of our discontent": winter 1861-1862
  • "Walking on in the dark": McClellan's attempt to win the war with a victory in the east
  • McClellan's shadow
  • "And now, beware of rashness"
  • Conclusion.

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