[PDF.90bt] West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace (Civil War America)

West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace (Civil War America)

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 | #321944 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  2009-11-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .98 x6.42 x9.48l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Some Decent Insights in a Dense and Turgid Work|By Highlander|You may note that I gave West Pointers and the Civil War (WPCW) three stars. If I could I would have given it four stars for those with a solid basis in CW history and two for novices.

I saw Hsieh speaking on television on his book and was impressed by his insights and his ability to express relatively co| |The most useful section of Hsieh's book for the general historian of the Civil War is his discussion of [the officers of the professional army officer corps].--Louisiana History||

Leaves few stones unturned in examining how the professional o

Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh demonstrates how the "old army" transformed itself into a professional military force after 1814, and, more important, how "old army" methods profoundly shaped the conduct of the Civil War.


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