LEADER 03432nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910958871103321 005 20251116233730.0 010 $a0-19-513921-6 010 $a1-280-65516-X 010 $a0-19-802824-5 010 $a0-19-992377-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000294349 035 $a(EBL)281192 035 $a(OCoLC)476025722 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185406 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12011612 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185406 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10209850 035 $a(PQKB)11153356 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281192 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC834757 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL834757 035 $a(OCoLC)778339555 035 $a(OCoLC) 40199910 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB165400 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000294349 100 $a19981021d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJefferson Davis's generals /$fedited by Gabor S. Boritt 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 225 1 $aGettysburg Civil War Institute books 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-512062-0 311 08$a0-19-984879-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-213). 327 $aCover 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 Hattaway 327 $a6. "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 330 $aConfederate 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.

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