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Over Lincoln's shoulder : the Committee on the Conduct of the War / Bruce Tap.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tap, Bruce.
- Series:
- Modern war studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.
- United States.
- Governmental investigations--United States--History--19th century.
- Governmental investigations.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1998]
- Summary:
- Shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, Congress established the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War to investigate various matters in connection with the war. By examining the conflict between Congress's constitutional right to investigate and the impropriety of its action, historian Bruce Tap raises questions and issues that are just as applicable today. 12 photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0700608710
- OCLC:
- 37560876
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