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Carregando... John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship (2006)de Donald B. Connelly
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Pertence à sérieCivil War America (2006)
In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B. Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War. In doing so, Connelly illuminates the role of politics in the formulation of military policy, during both war and peace, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.Connelly relates how Schofield, as a department commander during the war, had to cope with contending political factions that sought to shape military and civil policies. Following the war, Schofield occupied every senio Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The biggest personal failing Schofield displayed is that he did not let his usually sound instincts come into play when handling the matter of the Johnson Whittaker Affair, where an African-American cadet at West Point was subjected to brutal hazing for his race and Schofield (as Superintendent of the Academy) failed to follow both the letter and the spirit of the law in dealing with the scandal. Even by the standards of the times Schofield was seen to be lacking from a professional and personal perspective and was lucky to rebuild his career, which turned out to be of great service to the Republic. ( )