Partners in command
Subtitle: the relationships between leaders in the Civil War
By: Joseph T. Glatthaar
Publisher: Free Press; Maxwell Macmillan International
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780029118177
Subjects: United States. -- Army.; Confederate States of America. -- Army.; Command of troops -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genres: Military history; History
First sentence: No event has so captivated the interest of the American public as the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: Chapter 1. The fabric of war; title: Chapter 2. "He has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right": Lee, Jackson, and Confederate success in the East; title: Chapter 3. "You have done your best to sacrifice this Army": Lincoln, McClellan, and Union failure in the East; title: Chapter 4. "I cannot direct both parts of my command at once": Davis, Johnston, and Confederate failure in the West; title: Chapter 5. "If I got in a tight place you would come -- if alive": Grant, Serman, and Union success in the West; title: Chapter 6. "I am ready to cooperate with anybody and everybody": Grant, Sherman, Porter, and sucessful Army-Navy collaborations; title: Chapter 7. "I cannot spare this man. He fights": Lincoln, Grant, and ultimate success; title: Chapter 8. Partners in command; title: Appendix: McClellan's tragic flaws in the light of modern psychology