Mcclellan's War: The Failure Of Moderation In The Struggle For The Union

-- Finalist for the 2006 Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War scholarship --

This biography of the controversial Union general George B. McClellan examines the influences and political antecedents that shaped his behavior on the battlefield, behavior that so frustrated Lincoln and others in Washington that he was removed from his command soon after the Union loss at Antietam. Rather than take sides in the controversy, Ethan S. Rafuse finds in McClellan's politics and his desire to restore sectional harmony ample explanation for his actions. Rafuse sheds new light on the general who believed in the rule of reason and moderation, who sought a policy of conciliation with the South, and who wanted to manage the North's military resources in a way that would impose rational order on the battlefield.

"Rafuse's book . . . offers the most comprehensive account of McClellan's prewar life and military career available, buttressed with a convincing analysis, and is sure to alter current perceptions and future assessments of the general's role in Civil War history." --Providence Sunday Journal more

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3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-19-2009; A for effort; Rafuse has come to praise Mcclellan not to bury him and that alone makes this an interesting effort, as you'll be hard put to find too many works out there which favor Little Mac. The author strives mightily to put Mcclellan in the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-16-2007; The Smoking Gun on Little Mac; Sailing around the world, U.S. Grant sighed that George McClellan was one of the chief enigmas of the war. A century and a half later, most Civil War buffs would agree. McClellan's biographers either considered him a hero or, in the case...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-23-2006; Clausewitz was right; What a delightful rendering of General George B. McLellan from Ethan Rafuse. I don't know if this treatment will restore Little Mac from the severe wounds history has inflicted on him but it does help us understand why he behaved the way...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-04-2006; A fine piece of scholarship; George Brinton McClellan's legacy since the Civil War has been largely criticized by historians and the general public. Hundreds of books generated notions that the Union high command prior to U.S. Grant's arrival was full of generals...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-16-2007; The Smoking Gun on Little Mac; Sailing around the world, U.S. Grant sighed that George McClellan was one of the chief enigmas of the war. A century and a half later, most Civil War buffs would agree. McClellan's biographers either considered him a hero or, in the case...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-19-2009; A for effort; Rafuse has come to praise Mcclellan not to bury him and that alone makes this an interesting effort, as you'll be hard put to find too many works out there which favor Little Mac. The author strives mightily to put Mcclellan in the...; read full review | report as inappropriate