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How the North Won: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Herman Hattaway
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Description for How the North Won: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Paperback. Selected as one of Civil War magazine's 100 essential titles on military campaigns and personalities. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1056.
From the introduction:
“To those unacquainted with military history, [this book] provides an elementary, instructive, and readable military account of the American Civil War. The basic concepts of war, its conduct, management, and support, are thoroughly explained and explicitly applied throughout in order to make clear what many authors often incorrectly take for granted that readers already know. . . .
We have tried to tell the military history of the war from the viewpoint of the higher commanders on both sides. We therefore emphasize strategy and logistics rather than tactics. . . .Strategy, ... Read more
From the introduction:
“To those unacquainted with military history, [this book] provides an elementary, instructive, and readable military account of the American Civil War. The basic concepts of war, its conduct, management, and support, are thoroughly explained and explicitly applied throughout in order to make clear what many authors often incorrectly take for granted that readers already know. . . .
We have tried to tell the military history of the war from the viewpoint of the higher commanders on both sides. We therefore emphasize strategy and logistics rather than tactics. . . .Strategy, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252062100
SKU
V9780252062100
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About Herman Hattaway
Herman Hattaway is a professor of history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His books include Shades of Blue and Gray and Reflections of a Civil War Historian. Archer Jones is Professor Emeritus of History and a former dean at North Dakota State University. He is the author of Civil War Command Strategy: The Process of Victory and Defeat and ... Read more
Reviews for How the North Won: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Winner of the Bell I. Wiley Prize of the National Historical Society, 1985.