Dennis Hart Mahan -- Military Tactics Instructor at West Point

By Bob O'Connor

Dennis Hart Mahan was the Military Tactics Instructor at West Point for 41 years. He taught over 900 cadets who would fight in the American Civil War. Most of the 445 Civil War generals, 294 who fought on the Union side and 151 who fought for the Confederates, were cadets who were taught by Mahan. He taught Napoleanic tactics featuring fighting in lines opposite the enemy.Critics say Mahan was responsible for an excessive amounts of casualties using those tactics. Mahan refuted those critics, pointing out that West Point cadets were trained as engineers, not as military leaders. This well-researched, historical fiction account gives Mahan's side of the story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797664298
• ISBN13: 9781797664293
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"