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Loading... The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command (Midland Book) (edition 1992)by Edward Hagerman
Work InformationThe American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command (Midland Book) by Edward Hagerman
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... a major contribution to our knowledge of the place of the Civil War in the history of warfare.... I have long hoped for a sound history of Civil War military staffs... I need hope no more; Hagerman has covered this subject also, with the same assured expertness that he gives to tactics and technology." --Russell F. Weigley ... this fine book deserves a place on the shelves of all military historians in this country and abroad." --American Historical Review ... a first rate book... impressive... an imposing work... " --Journal of American History This book is filled with enlightening information.... ought to be a standard for many years to come and should be required reading for any serious Civil War military historian." --Journal of Southern History No library descriptions found. |
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Of interest is his implication that Grant’s determination of wagon usage at the beginning of his Overland campaign shows that he started from an assumption of attrition rather than mobility. The weight of trains Grant planned for would never have allowed for any rapid flanking movements.
Written in 1988, he relies a bit too much on the “rifled musket revolutionized offensive tactics” theory which later scholarship has pretty much refuted, but other than that, the book holds up well. ( )