04298nam 22008533u 450 991081964880332120230422051908.00-19-513921-61-280-65516-X0-19-802824-50-19-992377-9(CKB)2560000000294349(EBL)281192(OCoLC)476025722(SSID)ssj0000185406(PQKBManifestationID)12011612(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185406(PQKBWorkID)10209850(PQKB)11153356(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023147(MiAaPQ)EBC281192(MiAaPQ)EBC834757(Au-PeEL)EBL834757(OCoLC)778339555(EXLCZ)99256000000029434920160502d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrJefferson Davis's GeneralsNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20001 online resource (154 p.)Gettysburg Civil War Institute booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-512062-0 0-19-984879-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Hattaway6. "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; ContributorsConfederate 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 geGettysburg Civil War Institute books.Confederate States of America. -- Army -- HistoryDavis, Jefferson, -- 1808-1889 -- Military leadershipElectronic books. -- localGenerals -- Confederate States of America -- HistoryUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- CampaignsGeneralsHistoryConfederate States of AmericaUnited States - GeneralHILCCRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsConfederate 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.GeneralsHistoryUnited States - GeneralRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & Archaeology973.7130922973.73Boritt Gabor S1462232Boritt G. SGettysburg Civil War Institute.AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910819648803321Jefferson Davis's Generals3975071UNINA