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Civil War leadership and Mexican War experience / Kevin Dougherty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dougherty, Kevin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States.
- Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Command of troops--Case studies.
- Command of troops.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848--Influence.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- United States. Army--Biography.
- United States. Army.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
- Contents:
- Patterns of the Military Profession 1
- Part 1 The Federals
- George McClellan and Siege Warfare 37
- Ulysses S. Grant and Logistical Risk 45
- Philip Kearny and Reckless Courage 51
- Samuel Du Pont and the Naval Blockade 56
- Winfield Scott and the Changing Nature of Warfare 64
- John Pope and the Influence of Zachary Taylor 69
- George Meade and Missed Opportunity 81
- Jefferson Davis and the Bad Example 86
- Joe Hooker and the Administrative Side 91
- William Sherman and Room to Grow 96
- Henry Halleck and the Military Executive 100
- Henry Hunt and the Organization of Artillery 105
- George Thomas and the Rock 110
- Part 2 The Confederates
- Robert E. Lee and Turning Movements Based on Reconnaissance 117
- Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and the Exception that Proves the Rule 122
- Jefferson Davis and Misplaced Confidence 127
- Braxton Bragg and Jefferson Davis 133
- John Winder and Wartime Governance 138
- John Slidell and Doomed Diplomacy 143
- Gideon Pillow and Political Generals 147
- Stonewall Jackson and the Role of Artillery 154
- James Longstreet and the Changed Mind? 158
- George Pickett and the Quest for Glory 164
- John Pemberton and Inflexibility 169
- A. P. Hill and the Tendency to Criticize 174
- Lewis Armistead and Comrades Becoming Enemies 180
- Summary of Lessons Learned 184
- A Federal Civil War Generals Who Also Served in the Mexican War 187
- B Confederate Civil War Generals Who Also Served in the Mexican War 191.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781578069682
- 1578069688
- OCLC:
- 77048035
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