"LINCOLN AND HIS GENERALS: LEADERSHIP IN THE GREATEST AMERICAN CRISIS" скачать в хорошем качестве

"LINCOLN AND HIS GENERALS: LEADERSHIP IN THE GREATEST AMERICAN CRISIS"

Pasadena Civil War Round Table Meeting - September 23, 2025 Our speakers are Dr. Joan Waugh and Dr. Gary Gallagher - Educators, Authors and Historians. No other U.S. president has faced a set of challenges comparable to those that tested Abraham Lincoln’s leadership--including George Washington, who shepherded an infant republic through its fraught first decade, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who occupied the White House during the Great Depression and World War II. Our presentation has three parts. The first consists of framing observations that convey the scale and complexity of the task that Lincoln confronted and the structure of the government within which he functioned. The second focuses on Lincoln’s style of leadership as commander in chief. And we will finish with analysis of Lincoln’s relationships with four of his most important generals--Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Joseph Hooker, and Ulysses S. Grant--using each of them to illustrate key elements of his presidential leadership. All but Hooker served as general-in-chief, the highest position in U.S. military forces in the 19th Century, and Hooker commanded the republic’s preeminent field army for a critical period in 1863.