Lincoln and His Generals

Since it was first published in 1952, Lincoln and His Generals has remained one of the definitive accounts of Lincoln's wartime leadership. In it T. Harry Williams dramatizes Lincoln's 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 Lincoln's 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 Lincoln's persistent "meddling" into military affairs was crucial to the Northern war effort and utterly transformed the president's role as commander-in-chief.

Author: T. Harry Williams
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 01/11/2011
Series: Vintage Civil War Library
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.17w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780307741967