| How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat Contributor(s): Alexander, Bevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307346005 ISBN-13: 9780307346001 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: Destroying conventional historical wisdom, acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals how the South most definitely could have defeated the North-and how close a Confederate victory came to happening. Alexander shows: -How the Confederacy had its greatest chance to win the war just three months into the fighting-but blew it - How the Confederacy's three most important leaders- President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson- clashed over how to fight the war - How the Confederate army devised-but never fully exploited-a way to negate the Union's huge advantages in manpower and weaponry - How Abraham Lincoln and other Northern leaders understood the Union's vulnerability better than the Confederacy's leaders did "How the South Could Have Won the Civil War" 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.713 |
| LCCN: 2009293344 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.55 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Destroying conventional historical wisdom, acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals how the South most definitely could have defeated the North-and how close a Confederate victory came to happening. Alexander shows: -How the Confederacy had its greatest chance to win the war just three months into the fighting-but blew it - How the Confederacy's three most important leaders- President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson- clashed over how to fight the war - How the Confederate army devised-but never fully exploited-a way to negate the Union's huge advantages in manpower and weaponry - How Abraham Lincoln and other Northern leaders understood the Union's vulnerability better than the Confederacy's leaders did How the South Could Have Won the Civil War 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. |