Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ideas and Education
1. Theory, Doctrine, and the Tactical Maze: From Jomini to Dennis Hart Mahan
Early Change and Continuity in the East
2. Tactical and Strategic Reorganization: McCleilan and the Origins of Professionalism
3. More Reorganization: The Army of the Potomac
Elan, Tradition, and Change in Confederate Virginia
4. Elan and Organization: Early Field Command in Virginia
5. Intimations of Modern Warfare: Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia
Continuity and Change Western Style
6.Manuever and Tactics: The First and Second Lines of Confederate Defense
7. The Emergence of Trench Warfare: The Third Lines of Confederate Defense
8. Trench Warfare and Maneuver
Organizational Irony
9. Loss of Legitimacy: The Peculiar Fate of Engineering Organization
New Thresholds of Modern Warfare
10. Position and Attrition: From the Wilderness to Richmond
11. Organization, Maneuver, and the Strategy of Exhaustion: To Atlanta and Beyond
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Illustrations Follow p. 78
