Kevin Dougherty: 12 books
by Kevin Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Mississippians have long found the need for an arsenal of interesting, lethal, and imaginative weapons. Native Americans, frontier outlaws, antebellum duelists, authorities and protestors in the civil rights struggle, and present-day hunters have used weapons to survive, to advance causes, or to levy...
The Campaigns for Vicksburg 1862-63
Leadership Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Long relegated to a secondary position behind Gettysburg, Vicksburg has more recently earned consideration by historians as the truly decisive battle of the Civil War. Indeed, Vicksburg is fascinating on many levels. A focal point of both western armies, the Federal campaign of maneuver that finally...
Strangling the Confederacy
Coastal Operations in the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
A selection of the Military Book Club
While the Civil War is mainly remembered for its epic battles between the Northern and Southern armies, the Union was simultaneously waging another campaign—dubbed “Anaconda”—that was gradually depriving the South of industry and commerce, thus rendering...
The Peninsula Campaign of 1862
A Military Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
The largest offensive of the Civil War, involving army, navy, and marine forces, the Peninsula Campaign has inspired many history books. No previous work, however, analyzes Union general George B. McClellan's massive assault toward Richmond in the context of current and enduring military doctrine....
Military Decision-Making Processes
Case Studies Involving the Preparation, Commitment, Application and Withdrawal of Force
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
President Bill Clinton, speaking as might any commander-in-chief, on the eve of his decision to deploy ground troops to Bosnia in 1995, declared he had “no responsibility more grave than putting soldiers in harm’s way.” Such a statement suggests that a study of the decision-making process associated...
The Vicksburg Campaign
Strategy, Battles and Key Figures
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
The Union victory at Gettysburg is widely considered the turning point of the Civil War but many scholars consider the capture of Vicksburg the decisive action. Building on a well-established body of literature—including the author’s previous work—this book provides a comprehensive narrative...
The Port Royal Experiment
A Case Study in Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
The Port Royal Experiment builds on classic scholarship to present not a historical narrative but a study of what is now called development and nation-building. The Port Royal Experiment was a joint governmental and private effort begun during the Civil War to transition former slaves to freedom and...
by Kevin Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
This is an exploration of the Charleston Campaign in the Civil War through the lens of leadership. Part One, “Understanding Charleston,” contains a discussion of leadership, a campaign overview, and a brief introduction to the key participants. Part Two, “Leadership Vignettes,” includes 21...
American Nation-Building
Case Studies from Reconstruction to Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Nation-building efforts by the United States and the international community have led to both success and failure, overwhelming support and debilitating controversy. Some are motivated by national security interests; others by humanitarian concerns. They seem to have exploded since the end of the...
The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education
Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Performance funding ties state support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance on specific outcomes, including retention, number of credits accrued, graduation, and job placement. The theory is that introducing market-like forces will prod institutions to become more efficient...
Gettysburg
The Turning Point in the Struggle between North and South
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In June 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the 75,000-strong Army of Northern Virginia launched a second invasion of the North, crossing into Maryland and Pennsylvania to try to win a decisive victory over Federal forces. On July 1, Lees army encountered Major General Meades 90,000 strong Army of the Potamac...
by Kevin J. Dougherty, Sosanya M. Jones, Hana Lahr
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Seeking greater accountability in higher education, many states have adopted performance funding, tying state financial support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance based on specific outcomes such as student retention, progression, and graduation. Now in place in over...