Civil War Command and Strategy
The Process of Victory and Defeat
Archer Jones(Author)
The Free Press
Published on 16. March 1992
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-02-916635-2 (ISBN)
Description
Jones analyzes the conduct of the American Civil War. He argues that Presidents Lincoln and Davis, and their Generals, showed a firm grasp of established military strategy as well as an ability to innovate. He believes the war was decided by strategic skill rather than industrial might. Jones argues that the industrial dominance of the North was offset by the territorial vastness of the South, the difficulties in supplying a distant army, and by the fact that the man with the rifle was the basic and decisive unit of combat rather than large military machinery. He analyzes a variety of strategic manoeuvres - turns, concentration of forces and raids - and relates them to the outcome of the war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
1 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-02-916635-2 (9780029166352)
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