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Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief
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Title
Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief / James M. McPherson.
ISBN
9781594204975
1594204977
Publication
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Physical Description
xiv, 301 pages ; 25 cm
Notes
Color maps on lining pages.
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 27, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-288) and index.
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.
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