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02198aam a2200373 i 4500 001 3B94CAEA475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170112s2017 ncuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2017001267 020 $a 1476665737 020 $a 9781476665733 035 $a (OCoLC)954104306 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E467.1 M2 G74 2017 100 1 $a Green, Jeffrey W., $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a McClellan and the Union high command, 1861-1863 : $b leadership gaps that cost a timely victory / $c Jeffrey W. Green. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2017] 300 $a v, 214 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Citizens and soldiers: the United States military tradition -- The ninety-day war and the struggle for high command -- "I seem to have become the power of the land" -- "Now is the winter of our discontent": winter 1861-1862 -- "Walking on in the dark": McClellan's attempt to win the war with a victory in the east -- McClellan's shadow -- "And now, beware of rashness" -- Conclusion. 520 $a "General McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac, focused on the Eastern Theater in the first two years of the Civil War, dominating strategic thinking in the high command. This re-examination of the high command and Union's inability to achieve victory in the first two years, takes the debate about the Union's leadership into new areas"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a McClellan, George B. $q (George Brinton), $d 1826-1885 $x Military leadership. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Campaigns. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Command of troops $v Case studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220902014110.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B94CAEA475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search