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The grand design : strategy and the U.S. Civil War

Title
The grand design : strategy and the U.S. Civil War / Donald Stoker.
Author
Stoker, Donald J.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Description
viii, 498 p. : ill., maps, plans; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Policy and war -- The sinews of war -- Mr. Lincoln goes to war -- The border states: policy, strategy, and civil-military relations -- McClellan on top: Union strategy, July 1861-October 1861 -- Union strategy: November 1861 to March 1862 -- The foundations of naval strategy -- The war in the West: breaking the cordon -- A new year and a new strategy -- War in Virginia -- Confusion in the West: the summer of 1862 -- The tyranny of time -- Facing the arithmetic: escalation and destruction -- The enormous proportions of war -- Vicksburg and exhaustion -- The cruel summer of 1863: the Gettysburg campaign -- The autumn of 1863: playing the deep game -- The siren song of Tennessee: the winter of 1863-64 -- Decision and desperation: 1864 -- The full fury of modern war -- War termination -- Conclusion: in war's shadow.
Call Number
IKC 10-5220
ISBN
  • 9780195373059 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0195373057 (cloth : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2009045427
OCLC
YBP 2009045427
Author
Stoker, Donald J.
Title
The grand design : strategy and the U.S. Civil War / Donald Stoker.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
IKC 10-5220
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