Search Results - "American Civil War"
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Rebels on the border Civil War, emancipation, and the reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri /
Published 2012“…Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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Marching with Sherman through Georgia and the Carolinas with the 154th New York /
Published 2012“…Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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Knights of the Golden Circle secret empire, southern secession, Civil War /
Published 2013“…Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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Confederate General William Dorsey Pender : the hope of glory /
Published 2013“…Conflicting worlds: new dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini : abolition, democracy, and radical reform /
Published 2013“…Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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Loathing Lincoln : an American tradition from the Civil War to the present /
Published 2014“…New Dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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Corps commanders in blue : Union major generals in the Civil War /
Published 2014“…Conflicting Worlds : New Dimensions of the American Civil War…”
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A broken regiment : the 16th Connecticut's Civil War /
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El Cinco de Mayo an American tradition /
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Before the American Civil War -- The first battle of Puebla, 1862 -- The American Civil War and the second battle of Puebla -- The juntas patrióticas mejicanas blossom -- War, three fronts -- Shaping and reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868-2011.…”
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El Cinco de Mayo an American tradition /
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Before the American Civil War -- The first battle of Puebla, 1862 -- The American Civil War and the second battle of Puebla -- The juntas patrióticas mejicanas blossom -- War, three fronts -- Shaping and reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868-2011.…”
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The rhetoric of rebel women : Civil War diaries and Confederate persuasion /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Finding the time, place, and means for voicing political allegiances -- Guarded tongues/secure communities: rhetorical responsibilities and "everyday" audiences -- Public voices/divine audiences: Confederate women's prayers during the American Civil War -- Audiences victorious, defeated, & free: rhetorical purpose in the immediate postwar south.…”
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The rhetoric of rebel women : Civil War diaries and Confederate persuasion /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Finding the time, place, and means for voicing political allegiances -- Guarded tongues/secure communities: rhetorical responsibilities and "everyday" audiences -- Public voices/divine audiences: Confederate women's prayers during the American Civil War -- Audiences victorious, defeated, & free: rhetorical purpose in the immediate postwar south.…”
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Castles, battles, & bombs how economics explains military history /
Published 2008Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Castles, battles, & bombs how economics explains military history /
Published 2008Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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