How the South Could Have Won the Civil War
Author: Alexander, Bevin
ISBN: 9780307346001
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 25 Nov 2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
For readers of Civil War histories, e.g. James McPherson's I>Hallowed Ground /I>and I>Crossroads of Freedom/I>, Jay Winik's AprilI> 1865/I>, H. W. Crocker III's I>Robert E. Lee on Leadership/I>, and Ernest B. Furgurson's I>Not War but Murder/I>; for readers of Alexander's I>How Hitler Could Have Won World War II /I>and I>How Wars Are Won/I>, and other military histories.BR>BR>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- br>br>.How the Confederacy had its greatest chance to win the war just three months into the fighting-but blew itbr>. 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 warbr>. How the Confederate army devised-but never fully exploited-a way to negate the Union's huge advantages in manpower and weaponrybr>. How Abraham Lincoln and other Northern leaders understood the Union's vulnerability better than the Confederacy's leaders didbr>br>i>How the South Could Have Won the Civil War/i> 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.
ISBN: 9780307346001
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 25 Nov 2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
For readers of Civil War histories, e.g. James McPherson's I>Hallowed Ground /I>and I>Crossroads of Freedom/I>, Jay Winik's AprilI> 1865/I>, H. W. Crocker III's I>Robert E. Lee on Leadership/I>, and Ernest B. Furgurson's I>Not War but Murder/I>; for readers of Alexander's I>How Hitler Could Have Won World War II /I>and I>How Wars Are Won/I>, and other military histories.BR>BR>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- br>br>.How the Confederacy had its greatest chance to win the war just three months into the fighting-but blew itbr>. 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 warbr>. How the Confederate army devised-but never fully exploited-a way to negate the Union's huge advantages in manpower and weaponrybr>. How Abraham Lincoln and other Northern leaders understood the Union's vulnerability better than the Confederacy's leaders didbr>br>i>How the South Could Have Won the Civil War/i> 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.
