1) Mark
Grimsely claims the United States stood at the forefront of a military
revolution during the American Civil War. What were the non-military
sources of this military revolution?
2) According
to Grimsely, in what ways was the American Civil War a modern war?
3) What
two elements did the North eventually master that gave it an "asymmetric"
advantage and provide the means of victory?
4) According
to Showalter, what were the most important elements of the "Prusso-German
Revolution in Military Affairs"? How did these elements relate
to one another? In other words, how did one element make the others
necessary so that all worked together in a coherent system?
5) Why
did the American Civil War qualify as a miltiary revolution when the
German wars of unification only ended up as a measly revolution in military
affairs?
