MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02034cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2004019202
003 DLC
005 20150603075435.0
008 040813s2005 inuab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2004019202
020 $a0253345324 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE467.1.M2$bR34 2005
082 00 $a973.7/41/092$aB$222
100 1 $aRafuse, Ethan Sepp,$d1968-
245 10 $aMcClellan's war :$bthe failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /$cEthan S. Rafuse.
260 $aBloomington :$bIndiana University Press,$cc2005.
300 $axiv, 525 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 489-508) and index.
505 0 $a"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?" -- The Peninsula 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.
600 10 $aMcClellan, George B.$q(George Brinton),$d1826-1885.
600 10 $aMcClellan, George B.$q(George Brinton),$d1826-1885$xMilitary leadership.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns.
650 0 $aStrategy$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$vBiography.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004019202.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e5j3-aa