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050 00 $aE467.1.M2$bR69 1998
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100 1 $aRowland, Thomas J.,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98019279
245 10 $aGeorge B. McClellan and Civil War history :$bin the shadow of Grant and Sherman /$cThomas J. Rowland.
260 $aKent, Ohio :$bKent State University Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axi, 248 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-242) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tOf Statues and Shadows --$g2.$tA Foray into the Twilight Zone --$g3.$tLittle Mac's Peccadilloes --$g4.$tThe Struggle Becomes Remorseless --$g5.$tDodging the Albatross: McClellan and Grant and the Safety of Washington --$g6.$tOn to Richmond: Illusion of Easy Victory, 1861-1862 --$g7.$tThe First Will Be Last and the Last Will Be First --$g8.$tBagging Bobby Lee --$g9.$tEmerging from the Shadows.
520 $aPerhaps no other Union commander's legacy in the Civil War has been the subject of as much controversy as George B. McClellan's. Since the midpoint of this century, however, he has emerged as the complex general who, though gifted with administrative and organizational skills, was unable and unwilling to fight with the splendid army he had created.
520 8 $aThomas J. Rowland argues that this interpretation rests squarely within the context of general historical verdicts of the way in which the North eventually triumphed. Civil War scholars have found the quality of Union leadership in the early years of the war wanting, and that it was not until U.S. Grant and W.T. Sherman emerged that success was ensured. On the other hand, Grant and Sherman knew failure but were judged less harshly than was McClellan.
520 8 $aIn George B. McClellan and Civil War History, Rowland presents a framework in which early Civil War command can be viewed without direct comparison to that of the final two years.
600 10 $aMcClellan, George B.$q(George Brinton),$d1826-1885$xMilitary leadership.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
650 0 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120736
852 00 $bglx$hE467.1.M2$iR69 1998