The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War
Language: English
Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2000
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.Peninsula Books
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Black spine with gilt spine lettering over green covers. Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. This is a clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. The dust jacket is in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 256 pages.
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- Title
- The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War
- Author
- Jones, Steven R.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0811714519
- ISBN 13
- 9780811714518
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
* Covers a previously ignored aspect of military leadership
* Profiles the command styles of Generals Lee, Sherman, McClellan, and Grant
Civil War generals had both special and personal staffs to help them with their duties. The use of special staff-quartermasters, commissaries, ordnance chiefs, and engineers-has been well chronicled. But little attention has been paid to how generals utilized (or underutilized) their personal staff-the chiefs of staff, adjutants general, and aides-de- camp. Drawing on Generals Lee, Sherman, McClellan, and Grant as examples, this groundbreaking study provides a new perspective not only on the Civil War, but also on the tradition of military leadership.
R. Steven Jones is an assistant professor of history at Southwestern Adventist University and has been published in magazines such as Civil War History. This is his first book.
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