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Author Jones, Archer, 1926-2006

Title Civil War command and strategy : the process of victory and defeat / Archer Jones.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1992]
©1992

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.7301 J    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.73 J71    Check Shelf
Description xi, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America. Army -- History.
ISBN 0029166357: $24.95
9780029166352
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