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Autore |
Boritt Gabor S |
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Titolo |
Jefferson Davis's Generals [[electronic resource]] |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-513921-6 |
1-280-65516-X |
0-19-802824-5 |
0-19-992377-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (154 p.) |
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Collana |
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Gettysburg Civil War Institute books |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Confederate States of America. -- Army -- History |
Davis, Jefferson, -- 1808-1889 -- Military leadership |
Electronic books. -- local |
Generals -- Confederate States of America -- History |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns |
Generals - History - Confederate States of America |
United States - General |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
Electronic books. |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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