About this title: Wheeler presents the first-ever account of how President Lincoln successfully used the telegraph to manage and inspire his generals in the field--and to ultimately win the Civil War and save the Union.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins, N Y.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2006-11-01
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: COLLINS
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780061129780ISBN:006112978X
Description: New. Wheeler presents the first-ever account of how President Lincoln successfully used the telegraph to manage and inspire his generals in the field--and to ultimately win the Civil War and save the Union. read more
"A really interesting review of the growth of the telegraph and technology during the Lincoln Administration, but the author editorializes a bit too much."
"I had to get into the Lincoln spirit for the month...and we were doing a book discussion so i had to read a Lincoln book for that, too. this actually turned out to be pretty decent. it wasn't too long, which is a bonus for a Lincoln book. the main theme of the book, about how Lincoln used the telegraph to win the war, got a little repetitive but i sort of got wrapped up in all the drama between Lincoln and his generals during the war. it's quite fascinating if you are not up to date on your civil war history as i was not."
"The general thesis of this slim book is that due to the rise of the telegraph as a viable technology and the exigencies of war, Abraham Lincoln developed some of the very first principles of electronic leadership. He used the telegraph to inject himself into military decisions and to monitor the progress of the war in ways previously impossible, and with no precedent or guide he developed a new and effective style of communications.
An interesting thesis, in and of itself, which would have been much better suited by a journal article rather than a book. It's not a bad book, exactly, it just shouldn't have been one. Or, well, not one written by Wheeler - an actual historian would have filled the blank space with less partisan and biased analysis of military and political movements. But Wheeler did write it, and his history is biased and partisan, and lacking in any attempt at nuance or in depth awareness (he calls the Southern army the "rebels" throughout, which got under my skin far more than I expected). Rather dull, too. And the insights about electronic leadership weren't anything I couldn't have worked out for myself.
Ah well. Still a nice idea. Better journal article, though."
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