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Davis and Lee at War (Modern War Studies)
Woodworth
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Description for Davis and Lee at War (Modern War Studies)
Hardcover. This text documents the careers and lives of military leaders, Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. Their conflicting views over the proper conduct of the war between North and South are documented in this text, along with their personal characteristics as revealed in their relationship. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBW; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 826.
Steven Woodworth's previous book, the critically acclaimed Jefferson Davis and His Generals, won the prestigious Fletcher Pratt Award and was a main selection of the History Book Club. In that book he showed how the failures of Davis and his military leaders in the west paved the way for Confederate defeat. In Davis and Lee at War, he concludes his study of Davis as rebel commander-in-chief and shows how the lack of a unified purpose and strategy in the east sealed the Confederacy's fate.
Woodworth argues that Davis and Robert E. Lee, the South's greatest military leader, had sharply ... Read more
Steven Woodworth's previous book, the critically acclaimed Jefferson Davis and His Generals, won the prestigious Fletcher Pratt Award and was a main selection of the History Book Club. In that book he showed how the failures of Davis and his military leaders in the west paved the way for Confederate defeat. In Davis and Lee at War, he concludes his study of Davis as rebel commander-in-chief and shows how the lack of a unified purpose and strategy in the east sealed the Confederacy's fate.
Woodworth argues that Davis and Robert E. Lee, the South's greatest military leader, had sharply ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Kansas Kansas City
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700607181
SKU
V9780700607181
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Reviews for Davis and Lee at War (Modern War Studies)
“This well-written and highly illuminating work is not only an incisive study of military command but a penetrating psychological analysis of Davis, Lee and other key figures of the Confederacy.” —New York Times Book Review