Russell F Weigley

Biographic Data

ID297057
NAMERussell F Weigley
GIVEN NAMESRussell F
FAMILY NAMEWeigley
SIGNATUREWEIGLEY R F
AFFILIATIONSTemple University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS68
TOTAL CITATIONS38
AUTHOR COUNT68
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1959
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX3

  • Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime

    Russell F WeigleyREVIEWThe Journal of Military History2002Cited by: 1

    Using the example of great modern leaders - Lincoln, Clemenceau, Churchill and Ben Gurion - all of whom were without military experience, Supreme Command argues that, in fact, civilian statesman can be brilliant commanders in times of war. Supreme Command is about leadership in wartime, or more precisely about the tension between two kinds of leadership, civil and military. Eliot Cohen uncovers the nature of strategy-making by looking at four gre…

  • "The American Way of War" Revisited

    Brian Mcallister Linn, Russell F WeigleyARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2002

  • A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865

    Steven E Woodworth, Russell F WeigleyARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2002

  • The Making of Robert E. Lee

    Russell F Weigley, Michael Fellman et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    Two biographical studies could scarcely present a greater contrast in approaches than The Making of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant do. Brooks D. Simpson's Grant, while making ample use of quotations from its protagonist, nevertheless approaches him from outside, with Simpson a spectator observing his growth as a soldier and in personal character. Michael Fellman's Lee is not strictly speaking a biography, but rather an analysis of the mind an…

  • Grant

    Russell F Weigley, Jean Edward SmithARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2001

  • A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865

    James M Mcpherson, Russell F WeigleyARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2001

  • The Oxford Companion to Military History

    Russell F Weigley, John Whiteclay ChambersARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2001

  • The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point

    Russell F Weigley, Ralph KirshnerARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2001

    The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates After West Point. By Ralph Kirshner. With a foreword by George A. Plimpton. (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 224. $34.95, ISBN 0-8093-2066-5.) The United States Military Academy at West Point began 1861 with a five-year curriculum. Because of the outbreak of the Civil War, however, the academy graduated two classes that year, the first on May 6…

  • A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865

    Gary W Gallagher, Russell F WeigleyARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861–1865. By Russell E Weigley. (Bloom-ington: Indiana University Press, 2000. xxx, 612 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-33738-0.) Get access Gary W. Gallagher Gary W. Gallagher University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Pages 651–652, https://d…

  • A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement IV

    Russell F Weigley, Robin Higham et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2000

  • Warmaking and American Democracy: The Struggle over Military Strategy, 1700 to the Present

    Russell F Weigley, Michael Pearlman et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2000

  • The George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History: The Soldier, the Statesman, and the Military Historian

    Russell F WeigleyARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1999

    Russell F. Weigley, The George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History: The Soldier, the Statesman, and the Military Historian, The Journal of Military History, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Oct., 1999), pp. 807-822

  • No Clear and Present Danger: A Skeptical View of the United States Entry into World War II

    Russell F Weigley, Bruce Russett et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1998

    Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition * Preface * Isolationism Old and New * The Impending Stalemate in Europe * A Hobsons Choice for Japan * From the North Atlantic to the Tonkin Gulf * Force and Choice in the Environment of International Politics

  • Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America

    Russell F Weigley, Stuart D BrandesARTICLEThe American Historical Review1998

  • Europe

    Open AccessRussell F WeigleyARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1997

  • International Relations and Politics

    Open AccessH K Anheier, Brian J L Berry et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1997

  • Presidential War Power

    Russell F Weigley, Louis FisherARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1996

  • The Battle Book: Crucial Conflicts in History from 1469 BC to the Present

    Russell F Weigley, Bryan Perrett et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1994

  • The American Military and the Principle of Civilian Control from McClellan to Powell

    Russell F WeigleyARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1993

    Russell F. Weigley, The American Military and the Principle of Civilian Control from McClellan to Powell, The Journal of Military History, Vol. 57, No. 5, Special Issue: Proceedings of the Symposium on "The History of War as Part of General History" at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, New Jersey (Oct., 1993), pp. 27-58

  • The American Military Tradition from Colonial Times to the Present

    Russell F Weigley, John M Carroll et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1993

    Introduction Chapter 1: The Colonial Wars and the American Revolution Chapter 2: Napoleonic Warfare Chapter 3: The Wars of 1812 and 1846: The Leadership Factor Chapter 4: The American Civil War, 1861-1865 Chapter 5: Indian Wars of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1850s-1890s Chapter 6: The Military Role of the United States in World War I Chapter 7: The United States, World War II, and the Grand Alliance Chapter 8: The Second World War: The War agains…

  • A Short History of the American Revolution

    Russell F Weigley, James L StokesburyARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1993

  • The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo

    David G Chandler, David Chandler et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1992

  • War as Apocalypse in Nineteenth-Century America

    Russell F Weigley, Charles RoysterARTICLEReviews in American History1992

  • The Chairman: John J. McCloy, the Making of the American Establishment, by Kai Bird

    Open AccessRussell F WeigleyARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1992

    Journal Article The Chairman: John J. McCloy, the Making of the American Establishment, by Kai Bird Get access The Chairman: John J. McCloy, the Making of the American Establishment by Kai Bird. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1992. 801 pp. $30.00. Russell F. Weigley Russell F. Weigley Temple University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 3, Fall 1992, Pages 544–545, …

  • The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo

    Allan R Milett, Russell F WeigleyARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo. By Russell F. Weigley. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. xx + 579 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-36380-2.) Allan R. Millett Allan R. Millett Ohio State University Columbus Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 3, December 1992, Pages 1132–1133, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080822 Publish…