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How the South could have won the Civil War
the fatal errors that led to Confederate defeat
By Alexander, Bevin
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-30734-599-8
- Publisher
- New York : Crown Publishers, c2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 2007
In his provocative study Alexander (How Wars Are Won) posits that the Civil War was a "near thing." The skill of the South's field commanders far exceeded that of their Union counterparts, but there were tactical differences among the Confederate Army's top leadership: Jefferson Davis endorsed a defensive struggle to bring on war weariness in the North; Robert E. Lee sought to challenge the federal armies directly, and this resulted in bloody engagements of a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
