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Jefferson Davis's generals edited by Gabor S. Boritt
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 470.J453 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- 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:
- xvii, 217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Gabor S. Boritt
- A fatal relationship: Davis and Johnston at war / Craig L. Symonds
- Ambivalent visions of victory: Davis, Lee, and Confederate grand strategy / Emory M. Thomas
- Jeff Davis rules: General Beauregard and the sanctity of civilian authority in the Confederacy / T. Michael Parrish
- Davis, Bragg, and Confederate command in the west / Steven E. Woodworth
- The general whom the president elevated too high: Davis and John Bell Hood / Herman Hattaway
- "To comfort, to counsel, to cure": Davis, wives, and generals / Lesley J. Gordon
- The image of Jefferson Davis as commander in chief / Harold Holzer
- Was the best defense a good offense? Jefferson Davis and Confederate strategies / James M. McPherson.
- Notes:
- "Gettysburg Civil War Institute books"--P. [ii].
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213).
- ISBN:
- 0195120620 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 40199910
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