West Pointers and the Civil War
The Old Army in War and Peace
Seiten
2010
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-6600-9 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-6600-9 (ISBN)
Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the US Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. This title offers a portrait of the American army from 1814 to the end of the Civil War.
Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh demonstrates how the ""old army"" transformed itself into a professional military force after 1814, and, more important, how ""old army"" methods profoundly shaped the conduct of the Civil War.
Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh demonstrates how the ""old army"" transformed itself into a professional military force after 1814, and, more important, how ""old army"" methods profoundly shaped the conduct of the Civil War.
Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh is assistant professor of history at the United States Naval Academy and has served with the U.S. State Department on a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 177 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 333 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8078-6600-8 / 0807866008 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8078-6600-9 / 9780807866009 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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