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Author:

Alexander, Bevin.

Title:

How the South could have won the Civil War : the fatal errors that led to Confederate defeat / Bevin Alexander.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Crown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

337 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
Generals--Confederate States of America--History.
Confederate States of America.--Army--History.--History.
Strategy--History--19th century.
Command of troops--History--19th century.
Military art and science--Confederate States of America--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-319) and index.

Contents:

No victory is inevitable -- "There stands Jackson like a stone wall" -- A new kind of war -- The Shenandoah Valley campaign -- The Seven Days -- The sweep behind Pope -- Second Manassas -- The lost order -- Antietam -- Fredericksburg -- Chancellorsville -- Gettysburg -- Appomattox.

Summary:

Conventional wisdom holds that the South's defeat was inevitable. Yet military historian Alexander's new look at the Civil War documents how a Confederate victory could have come about--and how close it came to happening. Moving beyond theoretical conjectures to explore actual plans that Confederate generals proposed and the tactics ultimately adopted in the war's key battles, he shows why there is nothing inevitable about military victory, even for a state with overwhelming strength, and provides a startling account of how a relatively small number of tactical and strategic mistakes cost the South the war--and changed the course of history.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0307345998
9780307345998

OCLC:

(OCoLC)104861227

LCCN:

2007010816

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

DJPD353 -- Hampton Public Library (Hampton)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)