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Civil War leadership and Mexican War experience / Kevin Dougherty.

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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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