With a sword in one hand & Jomini in the other : the problem of military thought in the Civil War north / Carol Reardon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reardon, Carol.

Series:

Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--United States--History--19th century.

Military art and science.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869--Influence.

Jomini, Antoine Henri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Other Title:

With a sword in one hand and Jomini in the other

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini's Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows, Jomini's work was only one voice in what ultimately became a lively and contentious national discourse about how the North should conduct war at a time when warfare itself was rapidly changing. She argues that the absence of a strong intellectual foundation for the conduct of war at its

Contents:

Exorcising the ghost of Jomini: debating strategy in the Civil War north

Who shall command? The cult of genius versus the primacy of the professional

Lost in Jomini's silence: the human factor in war

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and index.

ISBN:

9798893130065

9798890840141

9781469601724

1469601729

9780807882573

0807882577

OCLC:

785811661