Alfred H. Burne

Lee, Grant and Sherman: A Study in Leadership in the 1864-1865 Campaign is a book written by Alfred H. Burne. The book is a detailed analysis of the leadership styles of the three most prominent military leaders of the American Civil War: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman. The author examines their strategies, tactics, and decision-making processes during the final year of the war, which was marked by some of the most significant battles and campaigns of the conflict. The book provides a comprehensive account of the military campaigns of the three generals, including the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Appomattox Campaign. The author also explores the personal characteristics and leadership styles of the three generals, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses as military leaders. The book is based on extensive research and analysis of primary sources, including letters, diaries, and official military records. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the American Civil War, military history, or leadership studies. This is a new release of the original 1939 edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Crecy, the Black Prince's most famous victory, was the first of two major victories during the first part of the Hundred Years War. This was followed ten years later by his second great success at the Battle of Poitiers. The subsequent Treaty of Bretigny established the rights of the King of England to hold his domains in France without paying homage to the King of France. In this hugely-acclaimed military history Colonel Burne re-establishes the reputation of Edward III as a grand master of strategy, whose personal hand lay behind the success of Crecy. He convincingly demonstrates that much of the credit for Crecy and Poitiers should be given to Edward and less to his son, the Black Prince, than is traditionally the case. With his vigorous and exciting style, Colonel Burne has chronicled for the general reader as well as for the military enthusiast, one of the most exceptional wars in which England has ever been engaged. This book firmly restores the Crecy campaign to its rightful place near the pinnacle of British military history. 'A most important book - a work of original research, written by a master of his subject ... A model of how history should be written, packed with accurate information and common sense. ' Sir Arthur Bryant in The Sunday Times

This book comprises the Lees Knowles Lectures for 1946, originally delivered by A. H. Burne at the University of Cambridge. Burne begins by introducing the principles of military strategy, and then applies those principles to examples of land operations in Poland, Dunkirk and Russia, Africa and Italy, and Japan and north-west Europe during the Second World War.

First published around 1950, this study assesses the military leadership of Grant, Lee, Sherman, Hood, Johnston, Early and Sheridan from mid-1864 to Appomattox, contradicting prevailing perceptins of the generals and proposing that Grant's military capabilities were inferior to Lee's.

First published around 1950, this study assesses the military leadership of Grant, Lee, Sherman, Hood, Johnston, Early and Sheridan from mid-1864 to Appomattox, contradicting prevailing perceptins of the generals and proposing that Grant's military capabilities were inferior to Lee's.