Shades of blue and gray : an introductory military history of the Civil War /
An introductory military history of the American Civil War, Shades of Blue and Gray places the 1861-1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing technology and its significant impact, Hattaway includes valuable material on land and sea mines, minesweepers, hand grenades, a...
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| 語言: | 英语 |
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Columbia, Mo. :
University of Missouri Press,
©1997.
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書本目錄:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue : Dawn of military professionalism and an era of great technological change
- Part I : Background and opening phases of the American Civil War
- Transition to civil war ; Fighting begins ; War in the West : Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant
- Part II : War in apparent stalemate
- Peninsula campaign ; Rival displaces McClellan; and a second chance ; Abortive 1862 Confederate invasion : Kentucky and Middle Tennessee ; Fredericksburg campaign : a study in generalship ; Chancellorsville campaign
- Part III : Great turning points
- Confederate jewels on the Mississippi : Vicksburg and Port Hudson ; Gettysburg campaign ; Long pull of the war ; Continuing Confederate viability
- Part IV : Endgame phases
- No end in sight : late 1863--early 1864 ; Grant and Sherman in grand simultaneous advance ; War draws to a conclusion
- Epilogue : Full embodiment of military professionalism.