Lincoln's Informer : Charles A. Dana and the Inside Story of the Union War /

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"Lincoln's Spy follows the Civil War career of Charles A. Dana, who began the war as managing editor of the New York Tribune and was hired by Abraham Lincoln and War Secretary Edwin Stanton to be the government's roving troubleshooter and confidential informant at the front. Carl Guar...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Guarneri, Carl, 1950- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Stanton, Edwin M. > (Edwin McMasters), > 1814-1869.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Dana, Charles A. > (Charles Anderson), > 1819-1897.
Stanton, Edwin M. > (Edwin McMasters), > 1814-1869 > Friends and associates.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
United States. > War Department.
United States. > War Department > Officials and employees > Biography.
War correspondents.
Secret service.
Politics and government.
Military campaigns.
Friendship.
Espionage.
Employees.
Espionage > United States > History > 19th century.
War correspondents > United States > Biography.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Lincoln's Spy follows the Civil War career of Charles A. Dana, who began the war as managing editor of the New York Tribune and was hired by Abraham Lincoln and War Secretary Edwin Stanton to be the government's roving troubleshooter and confidential informant at the front. Carl Guarneri tracks Dana's experiences, with plenty of never-before-examined sources and events, to provide a panorama of the war, with special emphasis on decisions about strategy and generals, Lincoln's war leadership, organizing victory at the War Department, and undercover operations related to spies, political lobbying, and the contraband trade"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (520 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9780700628476

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