MILH542  - Civil War Command and Leadership

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This course is a study of national, theater, and operational command structures of the Union and Confederacy, the leadership styles of key military leaders on both sides, and the evolution of command and control in the war. Major themes include the relationship between the commanders in chief and the generals who led the armies in the field, the relationships between the generals themselves, and the ways in which the relationships described above either served to facilitate or debilitate the causes those commanders served.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/28/11 - 04/29/12 05/07/12 - 08/26/12 Spring 2012 Session K - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Tried by War
ISBN: 0143116142
Publication Info: Penguin Books, Inc.
Author: N/A
Unit Cost: $17.00

Book Title: Partners in Command
ISBN: 0684863634
Publication Info: Simon & Schuster, 1998
Author: Glatthaar, J.
Unit Cost: $20.95

Book Title: Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West
ISBN: 0700605673
Publication Info: Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990
Author: Woodworth, Steven E
Unit Cost: $16.95

 
 
 

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