Railroad Generalship: Foundations Of Civil War Strategy [Illustrated Edition]
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Renowned Military Historian Dr Christopher Gabel investigates the effects of the Railroad on the strategies employed by both the Union and Confederate Generals of the Civil War.
According to an old saying, “amateurs study tactics: professionals study logistics.” Any serious student of the military profession will know that logistics constantly shape military affairs and sometimes even dictate strategy and tactics. This excellent monograph by Dr. Christopher Gabel shows that the appearance of the steam-powered railroad had enormous implications for military logistics, and thus for strategy, in the American Civil War. Not surprisingly, the side that proved superior in “railroad generalship,” or the utilization of the railroads for military purposes, was also the side that won the war.
Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
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Railroad Generalship - Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
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Railroad Generalship: Foundations of Civil War Strategy
by
Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
FOREWORD 5
ILLUSTRATIONS 6
FIGURES 6
MAPS 6
TABLES 6
RAILROAD GENERALSHIP: FOUNDATIONS OF CIVIL WAR STRATEGY 7
BIBLIOGRAPHY 30
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 31
THE AUTHOR 32
COMBAT STUDIES INSTITUTE 32
Missions 32
FOREWORD
According to an old saying, amateurs study tactics: professionals study logistics.
Any serious student of the military profession will know that logistics constantly shape military affairs and sometimes even dictate strategy and tactics. This excellent monograph by Dr. Christopher Gabel shows that the appearance of the steam-powered railroad had enormous implications for military logistics, and thus for strategy, in the American Civil War. Not surprisingly, the side that proved superior in railroad generalship,