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Jefferson Davis's Generals (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books)
Jefferson Davis's Generals - Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
Author: Gabor S. Boritt (Editor)
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard once wrote that "...no people ever warred for independence with more relative advantages than the Confederates." If there was any doubt as to what Beauregard sought to imply, he later chose to spell it out: the failure of the Confederacy lay with the Confederate president Jefferson Davis. — In ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195139211
ISBN-10: 0195139216
Publication Date: 8/4/2000
Pages: 252
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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hardtack avatar reviewed Jefferson Davis's Generals (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books) on + 2560 more book reviews
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While the discussions here are covered in more depth in numerous other books, the 175 pages in this book here are an illuminating shortcut as to why the Confederacy suffered a downhill progression in its military leadership.

As such, it is a very good book for those who are not interested in reading the other, lengthier texts.
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