Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.
Contents
Map of Civil War area of operations -- War preparations and the balance of military power -- The high commands and political strategy -- Manassas, a representative battle -- Strategic concentration in space -- The strategic turning movement -- The evolution of the high commands -- The emergence of raids -- Concentration in time -- The maturity of the high commands -- The development of Union and Confederate strategy -- The strategic framework -- The maturity of Union operational skill -- The Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaigns -- The inception of Grant's raiding strategy -- Military/political campaigning -- The collapse of the Confederacy -- The conduct and character of the war.