Archer Jones
Description
In this comparative history of Union and Confederate command and strategy, Jones shows us how the Civil War was actually conducted. Looking at decisio
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n-making at the highest levels, Jones argues that President Lincoln and Davis and most of their senior generals brought to the context of the Civil War a broad grasp of established mil. strategy and its historical applications, as well as the ability to make significant strategic innovations. He emphasizes the role of maneuvers as well as the significance of battles, and demonstrates that the war was a multi-faceted blend of traditional warfare with early influences of the industrial age. Includes 40 pages of diagrams.
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