Staff Ride Guide for the Battle of First Bull Run - Softcover

Ballard, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1257122428 ISBN 13: 9781257122424

Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

The U.S. Army has long used the staff ride as a tool for professional development, conveying the lessons of the past to contemporary soldiers. A First Bull Run staff ride can offer significant military lessons. Revisiting this battle through the “eyes” of the men who were there, both leaders and rank-and-file soldiers, allows one insights into decision making under pressure and the human condition during battle. The campaign contains many lessons in command and control, communications, intelligence, logistics, the accommodation of advances in weapon technology, and mobilization in the absence of universal military training. Ted Ballard has been a historian with the U.S. Army Center of Military History since 1980 and a part of the Center’s staff ride program since 1986. Battle of First Bull Run joins his other battlefield guides. Originally published in color by the Center of Military History. Maps and photos included.

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About the Author

Ted Ballard has been a historian with the U. S. Army Center of Military History since 1980 and is a part of the Center's staff ride program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1257122428
• ISBN 13: 9781257122424
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 92