I'm doing research to write a paper that will argue that Grant was the first commander to practice the operational art (the actual doctrinal conceptualization wouldn't be put to paper until after the Russian Revolution about six decades later), and will use current joint doctrine to frame the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns as an illustration of his practice of the operational art. Along the way, I will also demonstrate that he understood the practice of the strategic art as well.
Here's my bibliography thus far; if anyone else has some sources that I've missed that you've read and think would contribute to looking at Grant's practice of the operational and strategic art, I'd appreciate it.
Books
Amazon.com: And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864 (Great Campaigns of the Civil War) (9780803271197): Mark Grimsley: Books
Amazon.com: The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 (9780521800792): MacGregor Knox, Williamson Murray: Books (Grimsley's article)
Amazon.com: The Battle Of The Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 (9780807130216): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: The Battles For Spotsylvania Court House And The Road To Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 (9780807130674): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: To the North Anna River: Grant And Lee, May 13-25, 1864 (Jules and Frances Landry Award Series) (9780807131114): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864 (9780807132449): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865 (9780807118610): Noah Andre Trudeau: Books
Amazon.com: The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion (9781572336100): A. Wilson Greene: Books
Amazon.com: Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign (Civil War America) (9780807831540): Earl J. Hess: Books
Amazon.com: In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat (Civil War America) (9780807832820): Earl J. Hess: Books
Amazon.com: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth (Modern War Studies) (9780700616077): Earl J. Hess: Books
Amazon.com: Campaigning with Grant (9780803287631): Horace Porter, Brooks D. Simpson: Books
Amazon.com: Grant and Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship (9780253202888): Major General J.F.C. Fuller: Books
Amazon.com: The Generalship Of Ulysses S. Grant (Da Capo Paperback) (9780306804502): J. F. C. Fuller: Books
Journal Articles/Monographs
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/p...0schneider.pdf
Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library : Item Viewer
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc...c=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc...c=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/downlo...s/overland.pdf
Here's my bibliography thus far; if anyone else has some sources that I've missed that you've read and think would contribute to looking at Grant's practice of the operational and strategic art, I'd appreciate it.
Books
Amazon.com: And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864 (Great Campaigns of the Civil War) (9780803271197): Mark Grimsley: Books
Amazon.com: The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 (9780521800792): MacGregor Knox, Williamson Murray: Books (Grimsley's article)
Amazon.com: The Battle Of The Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 (9780807130216): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: The Battles For Spotsylvania Court House And The Road To Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864 (9780807130674): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: To the North Anna River: Grant And Lee, May 13-25, 1864 (Jules and Frances Landry Award Series) (9780807131114): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864 (9780807132449): Gordon C. Rhea: Books
Amazon.com: The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865 (9780807118610): Noah Andre Trudeau: Books
Amazon.com: The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion (9781572336100): A. Wilson Greene: Books
Amazon.com: Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign (Civil War America) (9780807831540): Earl J. Hess: Books
Amazon.com: In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat (Civil War America) (9780807832820): Earl J. Hess: Books
Amazon.com: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth (Modern War Studies) (9780700616077): Earl J. Hess: Books
Amazon.com: Campaigning with Grant (9780803287631): Horace Porter, Brooks D. Simpson: Books
Amazon.com: Grant and Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship (9780253202888): Major General J.F.C. Fuller: Books
Amazon.com: The Generalship Of Ulysses S. Grant (Da Capo Paperback) (9780306804502): J. F. C. Fuller: Books
Journal Articles/Monographs
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/p...0schneider.pdf
Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library : Item Viewer
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc...c=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc...c=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/downlo...s/overland.pdf
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