Corps Commanders In Blue

Author : Ethan S. Rafuse
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807157031
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corps Commanders in Blue written by Ethan S. Rafuse and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too rare: Corps commanders were often forced to exercise considerable discretion in the execution of orders from their generals, and bitter public arguments over commanders' performances in battle followed hard on the heels of many major engagements. Controversies that arose during the war around the decisions of corps and army commanders-such as Daniel Sickles's disregard of George Meade's orders at the Battle of Gettysburg-continue to provoke vigorous debate among students of the Civil War. Corps Commanders in Blue offers eight case studies that illuminate the critical roles the Union corps commanders played in shaping the war's course and outcome. The contributors examine, and in many cases challenge, widespread assumptions about these men while considering the array of internal and external forces that shaped their efforts on and off the battlefield. Providing insight into the military conduct of the Civil War, Corps Commanders in Blue fills a significant gap in the historiography of the war by offering compelling examinations of the challenges of corps command in particular campaigns, the men who exercised that command, and the array of factors that shaped their efforts, for good or for ill.

Author : Ezra J. Warner, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807108222
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generals in Blue written by Ezra J. Warner, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1964-06-01 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?

Author : Ezra J. Warner, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807156167
Total Pages : 1178 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generals in Blue written by Ezra J. Warner, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-04-15 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?

Author : Harold R. Winton
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700623841
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corps Commanders of the Bulge written by Harold R. Winton and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2016-07-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last gasp, it was also America's proving ground-the largest single action fought by the U.S. Army in World War II. Taking a new approach to an old story, Harold Winton widens our field of vision by showing how victory in this legendary campaign was built upon the remarkable resurrection of our truncated interwar army, an overhaul that produced the effective commanders crucial to GI success in beating back the Ardennes counteroffensive launched by Hitler's forces. Winton's is the first study of the Bulge to examine leadership at the largely neglected level of corps command. Focusing on the decisions and actions of six Army corps commanders—Leonard Gerow, Troy Middleton, Matthew Ridgway, John Millikin, Manton Eddy, and J. Lawton Collins—he recreates their role in this epic struggle through a mosaic of narratives that take the commanders from the pre-war training grounds of America to the crucible of war in the icy-cold killing fields of Belgium and Luxembourg. Winton introduces the story of each phase of the Bulge with a theater-level overview of the major decisions and events that shaped the corps battles and, for the first time, fully integrates the crucial role of airpower into our understanding of how events unfolded on the ground. Unlike most accounts of the Ardennes that chronicle only the periods of German and American initiative, Winton's study describes an intervening middle phase in which the initiative was fiercely contested by both sides and the outcome uncertain. His inclusion of the principal American and German commanders adds yet another valuable layer to this rich tapestry of narrative and analysis. Ultimately, Winton argues that the flexibility of the corps structure and the competence of the men who commanded the six American corps that fought in the Bulge contributed significantly to the ultimate victory. Chronicling the human drama of commanding large numbers of soldiers in battle, he has produced an artful blend of combat narrative, collective biography, and institutional history that contributes significantly to the broader understanding of World War II as a whole. With the recent modularization of the U.S. Army division, which makes this command echelon a re-creation of the corps of World War II, Corps Commanders of the Bulge also has distinct relevance to current issues of Army transformation.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wilmer L. Jones
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 1461751063
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generals in Blue and Gray written by Wilmer L. Jones and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2006-02-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume uses biographical sketches of twenty-one Union generals to tell the story of the Civil War and examine the implementation of Northern strategy. Among these generals are prominent figures like Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, and William T. Sherman, as well as Daniel Sickles, whose actions sparked intense controversy at Gettysburg, and the lesser known John McClernand, a congressman who lobbied for his own appointment. In Wilmer Jones's accounts, which focus on character, personality, leadership ability, military skill, and politics, each general comes starkly to life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Winship Stewart
Publisher : Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Staff Operations written by Richard Winship Stewart and published by Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. This book was released on 1991 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ezra J. Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807152294
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generals in Gray written by Ezra J. Warner and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States written by United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: