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Author:

McPherson, James M.

Title:

Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief / James M. McPherson.

Publisher:

The Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 301 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889--Military leadership.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
Presidents--Confederate States of America--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
Biography.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

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.

ISBN:

1594204977
9781594204975

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870248703

LCCN:

2014005403

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