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Jefferson Davis's generals / edited by Gabor S. Boritt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gettysburg Civil War Institute books.
- Gettysburg Civil War Institute books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Military leadership.
- Davis, Jefferson.
- Confederate States of America. Army--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- Generals--Confederate States of America--History.
- Generals.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Confederate General P.G.T.Beauregard once wrote that ""no people ever warred for independence with more relative advantages than the Confederates."" If there was any doubt as to what Beauregard sought to imply, he later to chose to spell it out: the failure of the Confederacy lay with the Confederate president Jefferson Davis.<p/>In Jefferson Davis's Generals, a team of America's most distinguished Civil War historians present fascinating examinations of the men who led the South through the nation's bloodiest conflict, focusing in particular on Jefferson Davis's relationships with five key ge
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Gabor S. Boritt; 1. A Fatal Relationship: Davis and Johnston at War; Craig L. Symonds; 2. Ambivalent Visions of Victory: Davis, Lee, and Confederate Grand Strategy; Emory M. Thomas; 3. Jeff Davis Rules: General Beauregard and the Sanctity of Civilian Authority in the Confederacy; T. Michael Parrish; 4. Davis, Bragg, and Confederate Command in the West; Steven E. Woodworth; 5. The General Whom the President Elevated Too High: Davis and John Bell Hood; Herman Hattaway
- 6. "To Comfort, To Counsel, To Cure": Davis, Wives, and GeneralsLesley J. Gordon; 7. The Image of Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief; Harold Holzer; 8. Was the Best Defense a Good Offense? Jefferson Davis and Confederate Strategies; James M. Mcpherson; Notes; For Further Reading: A Bibliography; Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-513921-6
- 1-280-65516-X
- 0-19-802824-5
- 0-19-992377-9
- OCLC:
- 476025722
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