Title:
Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief
Author:
McPherson, James M.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
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.
General Note:
Color maps on lining pages.
Language:
English
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.
Conference Subject:
ISBN:
9781594204975
Format :
Book
