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1 online resource (330 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; I -- JEFFERSON DAVIS AND J.E. JOHNSTON; Policy and strategy; Lord Salisbury on the British Constitution; autocratic and democratic government in war; similarity of the problems of the American Civil War and the Great War, Davis the target of criticism; his early life; functions of the President in war; the provision of arms and money for the Confederacy; measures for raising troops; Davis's weaknesses; addiction to detail; failure to grasp the principles of direction in war; Davis at Bull Run; mistaken policy after Bull Run |
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Davis's qII -- JEFFERSON DAVIS AND LEE; Davis's aversion to retreat; a cause of his quarrel with Johnston; Johnston's lack of confidence in President another cause; how much of his plans should the soldier tell the statesman?; Davis's visits to the army; Lee's handling of Davis; the effect of Lee's appointment as military adviser; Davis, Lee, and the first invasion of Maryland; the Fredericksburg campaign; political interference in strategy when justified; the supply difficulties of the Confederacy and their consequences; Davis consci; III -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND McCLELLAN |
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Lincoln and unity in the North Lincoln and the border states; his measures for raising troops; McClellan's appointment and career; his head turned; political intrigues; Lincoln's war orders; his description of them to Grant; McClellan fails to advise Lincoln; his bad relations with the President a cause of his ill-success; McClellan and the defense of Washington; the withdrawal of McDowell's corps; Lincoln's mistakes of organization; their cause and consequences.: quickly rectified; McClellan r; IV -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND GRANT; The influence of public opinion in war |
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Lincoln stands between Grant and public criticism Grant's first interview with Lincoln; the organization of command; personal relations of Lincoln and Grant; Lincoln's observation of Grant; his support of Grant; Early's raid; "I have seen your dispatch"; Lincoln and Sheridan's Valley campaign; Grant and Sheridan; political situation in the summer of 1864, Lincoln rejects political expediency for a sound military policy; has reward; continues to watch Gran; V -- A SYSTEM FOR THE CONDUCT OF WAR; (a) THE NEED FOR A SYSTEM; The man no longer sufficient in war |
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British preparation for the Great War its lack of system; a partnership required; the conduct of war cannot be left to soldiers; need for study of the question; the difference between the functions of the expert in peace and in war; war an art; the difference between the functions of ministers in peace and en war; the control of civil power; the example of the Dardanelles expedition; Mr. Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener.; (b) THE SYSTEM NEEDED; Sir William Robertson's system of 1915; Mr. Lloyd George's war cabinet; similarity of Robertson's and Lincoln's systems |
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The difference between them |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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| SUBJECT |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786251244 |
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1786251248 |
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