Halleck : Lincoln's Chief of Staff /

"Halleck originates nothing, anticipates nothing, to assist others; takes no responsibility, plans nothing, suggests nothing, is good for nothing." Lincoln's secretary of the navy Gideon Welles's harsh words constitute the stereotype into which Union General-in-Chief Henry Wager...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1996, 1990.
Edition:Louisiana paperback ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Halleck, H. W. > (Henry Wager), > 1815-1872.
Presidents > Staff.
Military campaigns.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Presidents > United States > Staff.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Halleck originates nothing, anticipates nothing, to assist others; takes no responsibility, plans nothing, suggests nothing, is good for nothing." Lincoln's secretary of the navy Gideon Welles's harsh words constitute the stereotype into which Union General-in-Chief Henry Wager Halleck has been cast by most historians since Appomattox. In Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff, originally published in 1962, Stephen Ambrose challenges the standard interpretation of this controversial figure. Ambrose argues persuasively that Halleck has been greatly underrated as a war theorist because of past writer.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): portraits
ISBN:9780807155394

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