This work offers a new and more positive assessment of the leadership qualities of the ""political generals"" (appointed officers with little or no military training) of the Union. In the process it cuts through the stereotype of political generals as superfluous, inept and ambitious schemers.
| ISBN: | 9780700612635 |
| Publication date: | 31st October 2003 |
| Author: | Thomas Joseph Goss |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | Modern War Studies |
| Genres: |
Civil wars Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare) History of the Americas History |