Table of Contents

	List of Maps	p. ix
	Acknowledgments	p. xi
	Introduction	p. 1
	Policy and War	p. 13
	The Sinews of War	p. 22
	Mr. Lincoln Goes to War	p. 36
	The Border States: Policy, Strategy, and Civil-Military Relations	p. 44
	McClellan on Top: Union Strategy, July 1861-October 1861	p. 52
	Union Strategy: November 1861-March 1862	p. 69
	The Foundations of Naval Strategy	p. 93
	The War in the West: Breaking the Cordon	p. 107
	A New Year-and a New Strategy	p. 119
	War in Virginia	p. 139
	Confusion in the West: The Summer of 1862	p. 169
	The Tyranny of Time	p. 185
	Facing the Arithmetic: Escalation and Destruction	p. 207
	The Enormous Proportions of War	p. 231
	Vicksburg and Exhaustion	p. 261
	The Cruel Summer of 1863: The Gettysburg Campaign	p. 277
	The Autumn of 1863: Playing the Deep Game	p. 307
	The Siren Song of Tennessee: The Winter of 1863-64	p. 332
	Decision and Desperation, 1864	p. 351
	The Full Fury of Modern War	p. 334
	War Termination	p. 395
	Conclusion: In War's Shadow	p. 405
	Abbreviations	p. 419
	Notes	p. 421
	Index	p. 482

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