(Free) Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
❀ John E. Clark ❀
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A great example of the impact of management (or the lack of it) on warfare.By Kenneth E. TurnerThis book details two monumental troop movements during the civil war: Longstreet's movement to Chickamauga and the 11th and 12th corps movement to Chattanooga. Clark sifts through all of the "Lost Cause" mentality and provides detailed analysis of wartime railroad management, including the condition and engineering of the rails and roadbeds, along wit"An intelligently conceived, clearly written, provocative, and insightful contribution to our understanding not only of how superior railroads aided the northern war effort, but also of sectional differences in both the management of business and the administration of government."About the AuthorJBy the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North and South. As John E. Clark explains in this compelling study, the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders met those problems and utilized the rail system to its fullest potential was an esse... [PDF.wd49] Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) Rating: 3.64 (703 Votes)
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