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Author Connelly, Donald B.

Title John M. Schofield and the politics of generalship / Donald B. Connelly
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 471 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)
Contents Early years -- Saving Missouri -- Take care of Missouri -- If both factions shall abuse you -- Escape to the front -- The Franklin-Nashville campaign -- To the east--to the end -- Soldier-statesman -- Secretary of War -- The rocky road of reform -- The mistake of my life -- Uncertain future -- Incremental reformer -- In retirement and in retrospect
Summary Presenting a biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield, this book examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War. In doing so, it illuminates the role of politics in the formulation of military policy, during both war and peace, in the latter half of the nineteenth century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-450) and index
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Subject Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906.
SUBJECT Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 fast
Subject United States. Army -- Biography.
United States. Army -- History -- 19th century
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
Subject Generals -- United States -- Biography
Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 19th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Civil-military relations
Generals
Military campaigns
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807877081
0807877085
9781429453868
1429453869