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Failure to Pursue: How the Escape of Defeated Forces Prolonged the Civil War - Couverture souple

Frey, David

 
9781476666693: Failure to Pursue: How the Escape of Defeated Forces Prolonged the Civil War
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ISBN 10 : 1476666695 ISBN 13 : 9781476666693
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Was the Civil War preordained to last four years or were there reasons why neither side could land a knockout punch? From the outset, both North and South had anticipated a brief conflict but despite more than 50 bloody battles neither could force a decisive conclusion. For most of the war, these battles followed a pattern: the victors claimed the field and the vanquished retreated to rest, resupply and fight another day.

Some generals began to realize that pursuit to capture or destroy the retreating enemy was needed to end the war--not an easy task. Taking a fresh look at the tactics that characterized many major combat actions in the war, this book examines the performance of unsuccessful (sometimes insubordinate) commanders and credits two generals with eventually seeing the need for organized pursuit.

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À propos de l'auteur

Retired attorney David Frey served as a U.S. Marine Corps captain in the Vietnam era. He lives in Athens, Ohio, where he gives talks on Civil War topics and is active in the local Civil War Roundtable. He maintains the website Civil War Rumblings.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476666695
ISBN 13 
9781476666693
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
412
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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