ISBN: 0826201075

In America’s popular memory of the Spanish-American War, the all-volunteer Rough Riders won the war in spite of ossified civilian and regular army leadership. In this authoritative accoun… More...

In America’s popular memory of the Spanish-American War, the all-volunteer Rough Riders won the war in spite of ossified civilian and regular army leadership. In this authoritative account, however, military historian Graham A. Cosmas reconstructs the planning and execution of Spanish-American War strategy from the perspective of those with the ultimate responsibility: the president, the secretary of war, the commanding general of the army, and the chief and commanders of the army’s various bureaus and corps. Cosmas argues that the traditional view of the war is from the ?bottom up" because, while headlines were being made about inadequate supplies, disease, and outdated weapons at ground level, the civilian and military figures at the highest ranks remained virtually silent about how and why they made their decisions. This volume, based on intensive research in documentary materials, including the personal papers of President William McKinley and Secretary of War Russell A. Alger, as well as the voluminous files of Adjutant General Henry Clark Corbin and the quartermaster general’s offices, shows the day-to-day progress of the war as the highest-ranking officials saw it, digested it, and based subsequent decisions on it.Faced with budgetary pressure from Congress, political pressure from the states’ National Guard units, and the president’s shifting stand on objectives for the war, the army was indeed ill prepared for its sudden mobilization. Cosmas c history History, University of Missouri Press<

1976, ISBN: 9780826201072

U.S.A.: University of Missouri Press, 1976. First edition, 1976. Tan cloth with brown cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. The book is near fine with firm binding, clean pages, no names o… More...

U.S.A.: University of Missouri Press, 1976. First edition, 1976. Tan cloth with brown cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. The book is near fine with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has some minor shelf rubbing to the rear panel, no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., University of Missouri Press, 1976<

1998, ISBN: 9780826201072

University of Missouri Press, 10/1/1976. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-library copy with dustjacket. Hardcovers in nice condition. Usual markings to endpapers etc., else interior clean, bind… More...

University of Missouri Press, 10/1/1976. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-library copy with dustjacket. Hardcovers in nice condition. Usual markings to endpapers etc., else interior clean, binding tight. Dustjacket has normal labels and stickers, in mylar cover that is glued to endpapers. Professional bookseller since 1998. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds., University of Missouri Press, 10/1/1976<