Over Lincoln's Shoulder: The Committee on the Conduct of the War (Modern War Studies) - Hardcover

Tap, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700608710 ISBN 13: 9780700608713

Verlag: University Press of Kansas, 1998

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A history of the activities of the Committee on the Conduct of the War (COCOW), established by the American Congress shortly before the beginning of the Civil War. The study focuses on the nature of its power and influence on military policy in order to show its true impact.

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The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War generated controversy throughout the war, and its legacy sparks debate even today over whether it invigorated or hampered the Union war effort. In the wake of both critical and sympathetic appraisals, Bruce Tap now offers the first history of the committee's activities, focusing on the nature of its power and influence on military policy in order to show conclusively what the ultimate impact really was. Tap presents solid evidence, including examples of contact between Congress and the military, to show that the committee produced little good and no small amount of harm. As Tap demonstrates, it was in many ways a serious impediment to the war effort, due not to its fanaticism or vindictiveness, as some historians have suggested, but rather to its members' total ignorance of military matters.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University Press of Kansas
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0700608710
• ISBN 13: 9780700608713
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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