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by Benjamin Bacon

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Benjamin Bacon

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978-0891416265

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0891416269

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English

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Presidio Press; First Edition edition (April 29, 1997)

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We are awash with Civil War books designed as tributes, written by descendants or fans to document and .

We are awash with Civil War books designed as tributes, written by descendants or fans to document and rehabilitate the reputation of a regiment or commander. The good news is that this book, though sentimental in its approach, does not live up to its claimed status as a tribute. The bad news is that it tells us nothing new, and does little to justify its hopeful title. To Bacon, technology and industry mean railroads, pontoons, and steamboats serving the theater of war. The larger, more important story of a nation mobilizing its every social and economic fiber for victory goes untold.

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Bacon, Benjamin (1997) Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry and Transportation Won the Civil War. Novato: Presidio Press. Turner, George Edgar (1992) Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War. Bison Books. Working Magic with Cornstalks and Beanpoles: Records Relating to the . Military Railroads during the Civil War. Prologue Magazine, Summer 2011, Vol. 43, No. 2. v.

Would have appreciated some biographical information to support the authenticity of the writer, Benjamin W. Bacon

Sinews of War : How Technology, Industry and Transportation Won the Civil War. by Benjamin W. Bacon. Would have appreciated some biographical information to support the authenticity of the writer, Benjamin W. Is there an error on page 13? "Thus, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri - through a deft blend of of patience, diplomacy, and force - had been preserved for the Union. Is there a context that I am missing? 0. Report.

Sinews of War is a classic and important work on the history of US Army operations. Manpower can be mobilized far more quickly than can industry and war materiel, which can have long lead times. It is probably the best book of its kind written on the largely overlooked yet essential and prerequisite factor of all military operations; logistics. Even one accepts the premise that the US did not require a large standing Army prior to the 1940's, he makes a convincing argument that our mobilization efforts could have been far more effective and accomplished more quickly if we had placed more effort and planning in war materiel procurement and preparation.

Now for the first time in the popular literature of the Civil War comes a book that specifically probes the surprisingly fascinating subject of how logistics won the war. In Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry, and Transportation Won the Civil War, Benjamin W. Summary, et. From the calling of volunteers in 1861, to Sherman's final campaigns in the Carolinas, Sinews of War is a must-read for anyone interested in how the Civil War was really won. Geographic Name: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Technology. Geographic Name: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Transportation.

The Civil War was one of the deadliest Wars in human history for one .

The Civil War was one of the deadliest Wars in human history for one simple reason- the new Springfield rifles were far deadlier than any other weapons that Western armies had ever used before. These weapons outpaced the tactics that were taught at the time. The problem is that the technology mentioned increased both the range and accuracy of firepower that can be brought to bear against tightly packed, standing targets. The repeating rifle increase the rate of fire. Clark, John E. Jr. (2001) Railroads in the Civil War The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Gabel, Christopher R. (1977) Railroad Generalship: Foundations of Civil War Strategy. US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. Combat Studies Institute. Hodges, Robert R. (2009) American Civil War Railroad Tactics. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Transportation. On this site it is impossible to download the book, read the book online or get the contents of a book. The administration of the site is not responsible for the content of the site. The data of catalog based on open source database. All rights are reserved by their owners. Download book Sinews of war : how technology, industry, and transportation won the Civil War, Benjamin Bacon.

19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Sinews of war. how technology, industry, and transportation won the Civil War. by Benjamin Bacon. Published 1997 by Presidio in Novato, CA. Written in English. 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865. Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240) and index.

Details how the North was able to harness its technological, industrial, and transportation might and bring it to bear on the battlefield where it would bring victory.

Kardana

"Sinews of War" is a generally well-written summary of the Civil War which has nothing to do with the sinews of war.

It isn't a bad book. The author, Benjamin Bacon, is someone who obviously has a love for history. In fact, the author mentions his family's involvement in the war which explains some of the delightful comments throughout the book, showing an emotional attachment to the events he describes. His emotional ties to the personalities, places and events, along with pleasant manner of writing, make this a book worth reading. Unfortunately, it lacks several elements that would make it an excellent book.

First, it doesn't contain any maps. Place names are thrown around with little regard to describing their context. Second, closely related, it has an annoying propensity to jump from one leader to another who goes from one place to another in military movements that would make sense to someone who lives around the battle scenes, but has no meaning to readers who are unfamiliar with the geographical features. If one wants a better summary of the Civil War, I'd suggest using this book along with a Civil War atlas. With an atlas close by, the reader could easily follow major campaigns, more easily keeping the action and their leaders in order, similar in context to painting by the numbers. Mr. Bacon simply regurgitates previous better written versions on the war, identified in his bibliography, without having the reader have to think too much about details. The book is packed with information in effective sequential order, making it a relatively long winded Cliff Notes summary without analysis. I don't mean this in a negative sense; if this is what a reader is looking for, then "Sinews of War" will fill the bill.

Unfortunately, the third element it lacks is its major fault: the author completely misnames his book. It doesn't have anything to do with logistics. It doesn't discuss how "How Technology, Industry, and Transportation Won the Civil War." I thought the title was an expansion of the excellent book, "Sinews of War: Army Logistics 1775-1953" by James Huston, published under the Army Historical Series. Rather, the book is a compilation of secondary sources distilled down to a college (because it's long) freshman-level term paper.

For example, Bacon refers to the use of pontoon numerous (nine) times in the book. But he refers to them only in describing how valuable they were when they were available, or how missed they were when they weren't available. He doesn't discuss their origins, historical usage, construction, transportation, capacities, advantages/draw-backs, on-river operations, or today's usage. He wrote a lengthy blow-by-blow account about staff officers mixing up orders in deploying pontoons in one operation, but this has little to do with logistics. I chose pontoons as an example because he refers to them more than any other technology. Other technologies, such as weapons and artillery, are addressed at an even lower level of detail, i.e., limited, or none at all. An example of saying nothing about an important feature of supplying armies is his omission of anything to do with wagons. He does mention how ambulances didn't have springs, but nothing about the major conveyor of supplies, the Army wagon. Nor does he include even one chart or table showing any kind of data for anything to do with supplying an army.

For an actual treatment of military logistics, I recommend the above-mentioned aptly named, "Sinews of War," as well as the classic, "Supplying War, Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton," by Martin Van Creveld, and "Feeding Mars, Logistics in Western Warfare from the Middle Ages to the Present," edited by John A. Lynn.

Miromice

I'm sorry to write a down review of this book, as Mr. Bacon obviously loves the subject and did his best. But this book is drawn from easily available secondary sources, which the author did not seem to read thoroughly, nor did he take good notes. The result is that, while he had some good thoughts, and the book is well written and easy to read, it is full of all kinds of errors of fact. For example, on page 74 he quotes Lincoln as saying "the bottom is out of the tub" after the Battle of Fredericksburg, when in fact this quote is dated from McClellan's command. On page 75, he says Halleck relieved Grant after Shiloh; in fact Grant got a sort of sham promotion to Second-in-Command of Halleck's Army. He was relieved for a brief period after Fort Donelson, not Shiloh. On page 118, Mr. Bacon states that "...Porter's fleet at Alexandria were not Pook turtles but tin-clads..." and in fact Porter's fleet included several large ironclads including the Mound City, Osage and Neosho. And so it goes; on page 231 he has Sherman meeting Lincoln for only the second time in 1865, while in fact this was at least their fourth meeting. This sort of carelessness is to be found throughout the book.

Quellik

Boy, that title sure sounded great! A collection of essays about select scenarios where "technology" was supposedly the key to the success of the respective participants. Actually, little is spent on any analysis of such, as much is merely a rehash of secondary sources. Perhaps of interest to a novice Civil War student, or a high school class, but as honest-to-God history, this text has little merit. No maps, no footnotes(!) and a tenth-grade term paper bibliography will assure me never to purchase anything by Mr. Bacon in the future.

Gaua

This is not a full scale study of logistics, but
more a series of essays on strategy, men, and
events of the Civil War, with technology given more
weight than some other narratives.

Bacon has a firm and lucid grasp of strategy and
tactics, and an admirably readable style which will
be a pleasure to the non-specialist reader.

(The numerical rating above is an unwelcome default
setting within Amazon's format. This reviewer does
not employ numerical ratings).

Arith

Would have appreciated some biographical information to support the authenticity of the writer, Benjamin W. Bacon.
Is there an error on page 13? "Thus, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri - through a deft blend of of patience, diplomacy, and force - had been preserved for the Union."
Is there a context that I am missing?

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