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McClellan's war = the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	McClellan's war/ Ethan S. Rafuse.
Reminder of title:	the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /
Author:	Rafuse, Ethan Sepp,
Published:	Bloomington, Ind. :Indiana University Press, : c2005,
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 525 p.) :ill., maps. :
Notes:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Generals - Biography. - United States -
Subject:	United States - Defenses -
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780253006141 (electronic bk.)

McClellan's war = the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /
Rafuse, Ethan Sepp,1968-

McClellan's warthe failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /[electronic resource] :Ethan S. Rafuse. - Bloomington, Ind. :Indiana University Press,c2005 - 1 online resource (xiv, 525 p.) :ill., maps.

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-508) and index.

"Traditions and associations ... were all on the side of the old Whig Party" -- "I can do as well as anyone in both my studies and my military duties" -- Political realignment -- "A strong Democrat of the Stephen A. Douglas school" -- To kill secession -- "A new and strange position" -- Supreme command -- "You have no idea of the pressure brought to bear here" -- "What do you think of the science of generalship?" -- ThePeninsula campaign -- "I do not like the ... turn that affairs are taking" -- "He has acted badly" -- "To meet the necessities of the moment"-- "The most terrible battle"-- "It is my duty to submit to the presdt's proclamation & quietly continue doing my duty" -- The last campaign.

This biography of the controversial Union general George B. McClellan examines the influencesand political antecedents that shaped his behavior on the battlefield, behavior that so frustrated Lincoln and others in Washington that he was removed from his command soon after the Union loss at Antietam. Rather than take sides in the controversy, Ethan S. Rafuse finds in McClellan's politics and his desire to restore sectional harmony ample explanation for his actions. Rafuse sheds new light on the general who believed in the rule of reason and moderation, who sought a policy of conciliation with the South, and who wanted to manage the North's military resources in a way that would imposerational order on the battlefield.

ISBN: 9780253006141 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

953436
McClellan, George Brinton,
1826-1885--Military leadership.Subjects--Corporate Names:

772588
United States.
Army--Communication systemsSubjects--Topical Terms:

937881
Generals
--United States--Biography.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

528513
United States
--DefensesIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E467.1.M2 / R34 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/41/092

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