The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy
In these pages, Davis brings into sharp focus the facts and fictions of the South's victories and defeats, its tenacious struggle to legitimize its cause and defeat an overpowering enemy, and its ultimate loss of will. He debunks long-standing legends, offers irrefutable evidence explaining Confederate actions, and contemplates the idealism, naivete, folly, and courage of the military leadership and would-be founding fathers. Among the most misunderstood, Davis contends, was Jefferson Davis. Often branded as enigmatic and incompetent, the Confederate president was simply a decent and committed leader whose mistakes were magnified by the war's…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7006-1254-3
- EAN: 9780700612543
- Produktnummer: 9275609
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kansas
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.3 cm 331 g
- Gewicht: 331
Über den Autor
William C. Davis is the recipient of three Jefferson Davis Awards as well as the T. Harry Williams Memorial Award, Bell I. Wiley Prize, Fletcher Pratt Award, Phi Alpha Theta Award, and Harry S. Truman Award. His many books include Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour, The Union That Shaped the Confederacy (see page 43), and Look Awayl A History of the Confederate States of America.
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