Military necessity
Subtitle: civil-military relations in the Confederacy
By: Paul D. Escott.
Series: U.S. civil-military relations
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Civil-military relations -- Confederate States of America.; Confederate States of America -- Politics and government.; Confederate States of America -- Military policy.; Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Traditions for a new nation; title: Policy-making produces innovation and controversy; title: The politics of command; title: Toward a militarized society; title: Military power and civil debility; title: Military men and civil policy-making; title: Desperate proposals and the maintenance of civil supremacy; title: Citizens and soldiers.