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Railroad Generalship: Foundations Of Civil War Strategy [Illustrated Edition]
Railroad Generalship: Foundations Of Civil War Strategy [Illustrated Edition]
Railroad Generalship: Foundations Of Civil War Strategy [Illustrated Edition]
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Railroad Generalship: Foundations Of Civil War Strategy [Illustrated Edition]

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Includes 4 figures, 13 maps and 4 tables.
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.
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Release dateAug 15, 2014
ISBN9781782895695
Railroad Generalship: Foundations Of Civil War Strategy [Illustrated Edition]
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Dr. Christopher R. Gabel

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    Railroad Generalship - Dr. Christopher R. Gabel

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    Text originally published in 1977 under the same title.

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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,

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