03432nam 2200673Ia 450 991095887110332120251116233730.00-19-513921-61-280-65516-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(OCoLC) 40199910(FINmELB)ELB165400(EXLCZ)99256000000029434919981021d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJefferson Davis's generals /edited by Gabor S. BorittNew York Oxford University Press19991 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 (p. 197-213).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.GeneralsConfederate States of AmericaHistoryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsGeneralsHistory.973.7130922973.73Boritt G. S.1940-1462232Gettysburg Civil War Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958871103321Jefferson Davis's generals4465046UNINA