American Civil War

"The largest and most destructive military conflict between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, the American Civil War has inspired some of the best and most intriguing scholarship in the field of United States history. This volume offers some of the most important work on the war to appear in the past few decades and offers compelling information and insights into subjects ranging from the organization of armies, historiography, the use of intelligence and the challenges faced by civil and military leaders in the course of America, s bloodiest war."--Provided by publisher

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Preface; Introduction; PART I THE COMMANDERS IN CHIEF; 1 Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones (1980), 'Lincoln as Military Strategist', Civil War History, 26, pp. 293-303.; 2 Ludwell H. Johnson (1981), 'Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln as War Presidents: Nothing Succeeds Like Success', Civil War History, 27, pp. 49-63.; 3 Grady McWhiney (1975), 'Jefferson Davis and the Art of War', Civil War History, 21, pp. 101-12.; PART II THE SOLDIERS.

4 Charles E. Brooks (2001), 'The Social and Cultural Dynamics of Soldiering in Hood's Texas Brigade', Journal of Southern History, 67, pp. 535-72.5 Samuel J. Watson (1994), 'Religion and Combat Motivation in the Confederate Armies', Journal of Military History, 58, pp. 29-55.; 6 Mark A. Weitz (1998), 'Drill, Training, and the Combat Performance of the Civil War Soldier: Dispelling the Myth of the Poor Soldier, Great Fighter', Journal of Military History, 62, pp. 263-89.; PART III TOTAL WAR; 7 Mark Grimsley (1993), 'Conciliation and Its Failure, 1861-1862', Civil War History, 39, pp. 317-35.

8 Lance Janda (1995), 'Shutting the Gates of Mercy: The American Origins of Total War…