Was George McClellan a really bad general? I’m reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin and just cannot believe how bad of a general he seems. Is he commonly recognized by military historians to have been a bad general? He strikes me as someone who must have gotten where he did solely on a familia basis. He seemed very narcissistic, cocky, but yet ultimately inept. Were there any remarkably tactful acts he performed? Additionally, it also seems like he remained in a position with a modicum of responsibility solely because he was hyped up, but there doesn’t seem to be any legitimacy behind the hype.

What languages should a military historian know?

What profession are you in now?

This may sound like a really stupid question, but what made you decide on medieval European history? Were you always interested in it? Right now I’m in undergrad and I know i want to go to graduate school for in particular. I just don’t have a area I want to specialize in though

What periods and places are good to know French as a history student? Clearly, if you were gonna go to graduate school for the classics or the ancient world you would be expected to know Latin. So what periods and places would you be expected to know French?