Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign

Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland CampaignTrench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign by Earl J. Hess
ISBN: 0807831549
Published by University of North Carolina Press on September 24th 2007
Genres: History, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military, Strategy
Pages: 336

Len's Summary: The ever expanding Civil War use of trenches and other field works in the battles for Richmond from The Wilderness to Cold Harbor presaged both the Russo-Japanese War and WWI. A second volume will cover the Petersburg Campaign.

The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I

The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War IThe Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford
ISBN: 0275981991
Published by Praeger Security International on February 28th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 20th Century
Pages: 191

Len's Summary: Starting with the preparedness movement, Ms. Ford traces civil-military relations in America through the draft and training of citizen soldiers, mobilization of public opinion and suppression of dissent, the application of science and technology through demobilization and reemployment starting in 1919. Documents include the Sedition Act of 1918. The author also wrote Americans All: Foreign Born soldiers in World War I (Greenwood 2001).