Lack of common strategy may have caused longer, bloodier civil war
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 08:20
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) -- Lacking firm ideas on how to fight and win the Civil War, Northern military commanders and politicians struggled to find a viable strategy, resulting in a long and horrendously costly conflict, according to a Penn State historian. This experience influenced how the U.S. Army thought about the art and science of war and how they selected leaders to design and execute military strategy in future conflicts.