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The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War

R. Steven Jones

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Description:20 b/w photos 6 x 9* 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War. To get started finding The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 256

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ISBN: 0811714519

Description: 20 b/w photos 6 x 9* 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War. To get started finding The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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