附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 690-699) and index.
Twenty thousand potential spies -- First Bull Run -- "Known in Richmond in twenty-four hours" -- Phony war of 1861 -- Mr. Pinkerton's unique arithmetic -- "Outnumbered" on the peninsula -- Hard lessons from Professor Jackson -- Too little and too soon -- All the plans of the Rebels -- Luck runs out for Palmer and Stine -- Blind campaign of Fredericksburg -- New client for attorney Sharpe -- Ten days of southern hospitality -- Rebel spies are now second best -- Gray Fox swallows the bait -- Pinpoint intelligence and hairline planning -- Paralyzed by a real Jackson and a phantom Longstreet -- Lee's Army vanishes -- Pursuit -- Lost intelligence, lost battle -- Joe Hooker's magnificent error -- Reaping the Pennsylvania harvest -- Thirtieth of June -- Decision and victory.
摘要:Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published. Includes material on Allan Pinkerton and Rose Greenhow.
