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- ISBN
- 9780199931149
- Book Title
- Grand Design : Strategy and the U. S. Civil War
- Item Length
- 6.1in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / Strategy, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Item Width
- 9.1in
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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Despite the abundance of books on the Civil War, not one has focused exclusively on what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy. In The Grand Design , Donald Stoker provides for the first time a comprehensive and often surprising account of strategy as it evolved between Fort Sumter and Appomattox. Reminding us that strategy is different from tactics (battlefield deployments) and operations (campaigns conducted in pursuit of a strategy), Stoker examines how Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis identified their political goals and worked with their generals to craft the military means to achieve them--or how they often failed to do so. Stoker shows that Davis, despite a West Point education and experience as Secretary of War, ultimately failed as a strategist by losing control of the political side of the war. Lincoln, in contrast, evolved a clear strategic vision, but he failed for years to make his generals implement it. And while Robert E. Lee was unerring in his ability to determine the Union's strategic heart--its center of gravity--he proved mistaken in his assessment of how to destroy it. Historians have often argued that the North's advantages in population and industry ensured certain victory. In The Grand Design , Stoker reasserts the centrality of the overarching plan on each side, arguing convincingly that it was strategy that determined the result of America's great national conflict.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199931143
ISBN-13
9780199931149
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150632409
Product Key Features
Book Title
Grand Design : Strategy and the U. S. Civil War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / Strategy, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.1in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
9.1in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
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The Grand Design is an excellent military study of the Civil War. It is well researched and written. It flows smoothly and keeps the reader's interest. It is critical of both sides ... and Stoker is not afraid to offer controversial interpretations.
Table of Content
Preface1. 'We only want to be left alone.' - The Confederacy's Political Objective and the Union's Rebuttal2. Making War a Little at a Time3. Mr. Lincoln Goes to War4. The Border States: Policy, Strategy, and Civil-Military Relations5. King Cotton's Tarnished Crown: Confederate Economic and Diplomatic Strategies6. McClellan on Top: The Evolution of Union Strategy, July 1861 - March 18627. The Foundations of Naval Strategy8. The War in the West - Breaking the Cordon9. A New Year and a New Strategy10. War in Virginia11. The Summer of 1862 in the West12. To Free Maryland and Tennessee!13. The Union Rebuffed: The Autumn of 186214. The Emancipation Proclamation - Strategy, Policy, and Escalation15. 1863: A New Year and New Hopes16. Vicksburg and Exhaustion17. The Cruel Summer: 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign18. From Vicksburg, to Chickamauga, to the Rappahannock19. Indecision and the West20. Decision and Desperation, 186421. The Full Fury of Modern War - Exhaustion and Attrition22. War TerminationSome ConclusionsAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
Dewey Decimal
973.7/13
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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