The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command

"... 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

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.,."[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/)"

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