Lincoln and His Generals (Vintage Civil War Library)

ISBN: 0307741966

Author: Williams, T. Harry

Condition: New

Since it was first published in 1952, Lincoln and His Generals has remained one of the definitive accounts of Lincolns wartime leadership. In it T. Harry Williams dramatizes Lincolns long and frustrating search for an effective leader of the Union Army and traces his transformation from a politician with little military knowledge into a master strategist of the Civil War. Explored in depth are Lincolns often fraught relationships with generals such as McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, Fremont, and of course, Ulysses S. Grant. In this superbly written narrative, Williams demonstrates how Lincolns persistent meddling into military affairs was crucial to the Northern war effort and utterly transformed the presidents role as commander-in-chief.