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Lädt ... George Henry Thomas: As True As Steelvon Brian Steel Wills
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. After reading this book I've come to the conclusion that despite having so few of the subject's personal papers they probably wouldn't have told us much more about the man, as he was a very private individual who was always concerned about looking proper as well as actually being proper and assuming that performance would take care of all events; Thomas was certainly in no personal doubt about the sort of man he was. While this concern with propriety and honor is probably what allowed Thomas to get over the doubts about his loyalty during the Civil War I can also see how in modern terms his contemporaries might have found him stubbornly passive-aggressive, as opposed to being a Stoic in the best sense of the word, particularly once the methodical methods of operational combat favored by Union commanders at the start of the war had been transcended by Grant's emphasis on aggressive maneuver and constant awareness that the Union war effort was on the clock. I suppose this is another way of saying that Thomas might had better served himself if he had cultivated his social engineering skills; high command is always a political enterprise. One could also be critical that the author has written as non-controversial a take on Civil War operations as he could, but this is really more a life of a man in the context of his time then an analysis of operations. ( ) Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Gehört zur ReiheModern War Studies (2012)
"Although often counted among the Union's top five generals, George Henry Thomas has still not received his due. A Virginian who sided with the North in the Civil War, he was a more complicated commander than traditional views have allowed. Brian Wills now provides a new and more complete look at the life of a man known to history as 'The Rock of Chickamauga, ' to his troops as 'Old Pap, ' and to General William T. Sherman as a soldier who was 'as true as steel.'"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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