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When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini’s Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows, Jomini’s work was only one voice in what ultimately became a lively and contentious national discourse about how the North should conduct war at a time when warfare itself was rapidly changing. She argues that the absence of a strong intellectual foundation for the conduct of war at its start — or, indeed, any consensus on the need for such a foundation — ultimately contributed to the length and cost of the conflict.
Reardon examines the great profusion of new or newly translated military texts of the Civil War years intended to fill that intellectual void and draws as well on the views of the soldiers and civilians who turned to them in the search for a winning strategy. In examining how debates over principles of military thought entered into the question of qualifications of officers entrusted to command the armies of Northern citizen soldiers, she explores the limitations of nineteenth-century military thought in dealing with the human elements of combat.
Editions of With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other
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- ISBN 9780807835609
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469642307
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807882573
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469601724
- EBook
- ISBN 9798893130065
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890840141
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When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini’s Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows, Jomini’s work was only one voice in what ultimately became a lively and contentious national discourse about how the North should conduct war at a time when warfare itself was rapidly changing. She argues that the absence of a strong intellectual foundation for the conduct of war at its start — or, indeed, any consensus on the need for such a foundation — ultimately contributed to the length and cost of the conflict.
Reardon examines the great profusion of new or newly translated military texts of the Civil War years intended to fill that intellectual void and draws as well on the views of the soldiers and civilians who turned to them in the search for a winning strategy. In examining how debates over principles of military thought entered into the question of qualifications of officers entrusted to command the armies of Northern citizen soldiers, she explores the limitations of nineteenth-century military thought in dealing with the human elements of combat.
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When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini’s Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows, Jomini’s work was only one voice in what ultimately became a lively and contentious national discourse about how the North should conduct war at a time when warfare itself was rapidly changing. She argues that the absence of a strong intellectual foundation for the conduct of war at its start — or, indeed, any consensus on the need for such a foundation — ultimately contributed to the length and cost of the conflict.
Reardon examines the great profusion of new or newly translated military texts of the Civil War years intended to fill that intellectual void and draws as well on the views of the soldiers and civilians who turned to them in the search for a winning strategy. In examining how debates over principles of military thought entered into the question of qualifications of officers entrusted to command the armies of Northern citizen soldiers, she explores the limitations of nineteenth-century military thought in dealing with the human elements of combat.
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Society and Social Sciences > Warfare and defence > Military and defence strategy
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How long is With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other and how many pages does it have?
With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other has 192 page(s)
Is With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era
Who is/are the Author/s of the book With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other?
Carol Reardon
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With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807835609) and paperback(ISBN 9781469642307) and ebook(ISBN 9780807882573) and ebook(ISBN 9781469601724) and ebook(ISBN 9798893130065) and pdf(ISBN 9798890840141)
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