Presidents and their generals [electronic resource] : an American history of command in war / Matthew Moten.
2014
E176.1 .M93 2014eb
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Presidents and their generals [electronic resource] : an American history of command in war / Matthew Moten.
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9780674736016 electronic book
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014].
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©2014.
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English
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1 online resource (x, 443 pages) : illustrations.
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10.4159/harvard.9780674736016 doi
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E176.1 .M93 2014eb
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355.0092/2
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
I. Setting precedents
George Washington and the Continental Congress
Adams, Washington, and Hamilton
Mr. Madison's war
Polk against his generals
Lincoln's letter to Hooker
The politics of collaboration
Lincoln and Grant
The Pershing paradox
Roosevelt, Marshall, and Hopkins
The perils of partisanship
Exit MacArthur
Taylor's theory
Powell's doctrine
Rumsfeld's assumptions.
George Washington and the Continental Congress
Adams, Washington, and Hamilton
Mr. Madison's war
Polk against his generals
Lincoln's letter to Hooker
The politics of collaboration
Lincoln and Grant
The Pershing paradox
Roosevelt, Marshall, and Hopkins
The perils of partisanship
Exit MacArthur
Taylor's theory
Powell's doctrine
Rumsfeld's assumptions.