Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief / James M. McPherson.
2014
E467.1.D26 M26 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief / James M. McPherson.
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ISBN
9781594204975 hardcover
1594204977 hardcover
1594204977 hardcover
Published
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E467.1.D26 M26 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.713092
Summary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy shows how Davis shaped and articulated the principal policy of the Confederacy with clarity and force and, like no other chief executive in American history, exercised a tenacious hands-on influence in the shaping of military strategy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-288)and index.
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Table of Contents
We must prepare for a long war
Winter of discontent
War so gigantic
The clouds are dark over us
We should take the initiative
We must beat Sherman
The last resort.
Winter of discontent
War so gigantic
The clouds are dark over us
We should take the initiative
We must beat Sherman
The last resort.