Tell Me, Billy Yank, What Exactly are You Fighting For? The North's Struggle to Bring the Elements of National Power - Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic into Strategic Alignment to Win the American Civil War

Abstract

The Civil War arguably remains the most intriguing conflict in American history despite its conclusion over 150 years ago on the far side of a tumultuous 20th century. The evaluation of why the Union failed to sustain any significant strategic success for the first half of a war that drug on for five bloody years in spite of significant advantages in all the ways of war has not been widely studied. With that as a starting point, this essay advances the argument that the American Civil War lasted so long due to a lack of unity in the Union's strategic vision for success in reference to the elements of national power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176188

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  • Jason Lopez

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  • Marine Corps University

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  • African Americans
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