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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861di Edward G. Longacre
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Excellent. Battle descriptions are of “can’t put down the book” level quality. He wrote this for the Campaigns and Commanders series, so he focuses well on command decisions and background of officers from the commanders down to regiment level. Maps are effective and good quality. ( ) I've had mixed feeling about Longacre's writing over the years, in as much his examinations of Civil War cavalry operations date from decades ago and his biography of Joseph E. Wheeler had the apologetic aura of official history. This is very much not official history, as Longacre adopts a tone of dry sarcasm in relation to the acts of many of the key players. What is most important though is the analytic approach that Longacre adopts, in that by beginning with the senior field commanders (G.T. Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston, Irvin McDowell, and (the often glossed over) Robert Patterson) it soon becomes clear that Longacre is doing a modern-style operational analysis of a campaign, which is important in that where the Union forces really lost this battle is at the operational level. Had Patterson achieved his objective of tying down Johnston's forces McDowell would have had a much better chance of making his battle a success. Instead, McDowell basically was stuck with a fair fight against a better motivated force on ground of its own choosing and the rest, as they say, is history. I could go on further but I really can't recommend this book enough. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the twentieth century. This crucial campaign receives its most complete and comprehensive treatment in Edward G. Longacre's The Early Morning of War. A magisterial work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Run--its drama and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and ramifications. Also woven throughout are biographical sketches detailing the backgrounds and personalities of the leading commanders and other actors in the unfolding conflict. Longacre has combed previously unpublished primary sources, including correspondence, diaries, and memoirs of more than four hundred participants and observers, from ranking commanders to common soldiers and civilians affected by the fighting. In weighing all the evidence, Longacre finds correctives to long-held theories about campaign strategy and battle tactics and questions sacrosanct beliefs--such as whether the Manassas Gap Railroad was essential to the Confederate victory. Longacre shears away the myths and persuasively examines the long-term repercussions of the Union's defeat at Bull Run, while analyzing whether the Confederates really had a chance of ending the war in July 1861 by seizing Washington, D.C. Brilliant moves, avoidable blunders, accidents, historical forces, personal foibles: all are within Longacre's compass in this deftly written work that is sure to become the standard history of the first, critical campaign of the Civil War. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)973.7History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil WarClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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