The grand design
Subtitle: strategy and the U.S. Civil War
By: by Donald Stoker.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195373059
Subjects: Strategy -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- Military policy; Confederate States of America -- Military policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Policy and war; title: The sinews of war; title: Mr. Lincoln goes to war; title: The border states' policy, strategy, and civil-military relations; title: McClellan on top: Union strategy, July 1861-October 1861; title: Union strategy: November 1861 to March 1862; title: The foundations of naval strategy; title: The war in the West: breaking the cordon; title: A new year and a new strategy; title: War in Virginia; title: Confusion in the West: the summer of 1862; title: The tyranny of time; title: Facing the arithmetic: escalation and destruction; title: The enormous proportions of war; title: Vicksburg and exhaustion; title: The cruel summer of 1863: the Gettysburg campaign; title: The autumn of 1863-playing the deep game; title: The siren song of Tennessee: the winter of 1863-1864; title: Decision and desperation: 1864; title: The full fury of modern war; title: War termination; title: In war's shadow.