Why the South lost the Civil War / Richard E. Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, William N. Still, Jr.
Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1986. Second Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Spine of wrapper sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #479268
ISBN: 0820308153
Physical description; xi, 582 pages, unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-555) and index. Contents; pt. I. Prologue: Historians and the Civil War -- pt. II. Physical and Moral Factors : -- Military performance and possibilities -- The impact of the blockade -- Southern nationalism -- Religion and the chosen people -- pt. III. Military Stalemate and Internal Problems : -- First blood -- Trial by battle -- The politics of dreams -- The union navy and combined operations -- State rights and the confederate war effort -- Union concentration in time and space -- The battle is the Lord's -- pt. IV. The Dissolution of Military Power and Public Will : -- The South Reconciles Itself to Defeat -- The last campaigns -- God, guilt, and the confederacy in collapse -- Coming to terms with slavery -- State rights, white supremacy, honor, and southern victory -- pt. V. Epilogue: Why the South lost -- Appendix I: The politics of local defense: Owsley's state-rights thesis -- Appendix II: Attack and die: confederate casualties and ward effort. Subjects; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. 1861-1865 . Historiography. American Civil War, 1861-5 History. Confederate States of America Historiography Addresses, essays, lectures. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.
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