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In the critically acclaimed Jefferson Davis and His Generals Steven Woodworth 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 conflicting views over the proper conduct of the war. Davis was convinced that the South should fight a defensive war, to simply outlast the North's political and popular support for the war. By contrast, Lee and the other eastern generals - notably P.G.T. Beauregard, Gustavus Smith, and Stonewall Jackson - were eager for the offensive. They were convinced that only quick and decisive battlefield victories would prevent the North from eventually defeating them with its overwhelming advantage in men and materials. The result of this tense tug-of-war was Davis's misguided pursuit of a middle ground that gave neither strategy its best chance for success.
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- Title Davis and Lee at War
- Author Steven E. Woodworth
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 424
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-11-30
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780700607181 / 0700607188
- Weight 1.82 lbs (0.83 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.29 x 1.45 in (23.62 x 15.98 x 3.68 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects Confederate States of America - History, United States - History - Civil War,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95-22706
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.73
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Citations
- Library Journal, 10/15/1995, Page 75
- New York Times, 01/28/1996, Page 20
- Publishers Weekly, 09/25/1995, Page 37
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