Synopses & Reviews
"... a major contribution to our knowledge of the place of the Civil War in the history of warfare.... I have long hoped for a sound history of Civil War military staffs... I need hope no more; Hagerman has covered this subject also, with the same assured expertness that he gives to tactics and technology." --Russell F. Weigley
"... this fine book deserves a place on the shelves of all military historians in this country and abroad." --American Historical Review
"... a first rate book... impressive... an imposing work... " --Journal of American History
"This book is filled with enlightening information.... ought to be a standard for many years to come and should be required reading for any serious Civil War military historian." --Journal of Southern History
Review
.,."[An]important work on tactical and strategic military history." -- Wig Wags (military history and American Civil War blog) Sept 27, 2008 "(http: //wigwags.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/the-american-civil-war-and-the-origins-of-modern-warfare/)"
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ideas and Education
1. Theory, Doctrine, and the Tactical Maze: From Jomini to Dennis Hart Mahan
Early Change and Continuity in the East
2. Tactical and Strategic Reorganization: McCleilan and the Origins of Professionalism
3. More Reorganization: The Army of the Potomac
Elan, Tradition, and Change in Confederate Virginia
4. Elan and Organization: Early Field Command in Virginia
5. Intimations of Modern Warfare: Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia
Continuity and Change Western Style
6.Manuever and Tactics: The First and Second Lines of Confederate Defense
7. The Emergence of Trench Warfare: The Third Lines of Confederate Defense
8. Trench Warfare and Maneuver
Organizational Irony
9. Loss of Legitimacy: The Peculiar Fate of Engineering Organization
New Thresholds of Modern Warfare
10. Position and Attrition: From the Wilderness to Richmond
11. Organization, Maneuver, and the Strategy of Exhaustion: To Atlanta and Beyond
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Illustrations Follow p. 78