Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief /
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy shows how Davis shaped and articulated the principal policy of the Confederacy with clarity and force and, like no other chief executive in American...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Penguin Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy shows how Davis shaped and articulated the principal policy of the Confederacy with clarity and force and, like no other chief executive in American history, exercised a tenacious hands-on influence in the shaping of military strategy. |
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| Item Description: | Color maps on lining pages. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 301 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-288) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594204975 1594204977 |