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Why the Confederacy lost /

019507405X

0195085493

9780195074055

9780195085495

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Why the Confederacy lost /

[Book]

edited by Gabor S. Boritt ; essays by James M. McPherson [and others]

xii, 209 pages ;

22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index

Gabor S. Boritt, Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, brings together five Civil War historians to reveal how battlefield decisions shaped the very forces -- social, economic, and political -- that many scholars claim determined the outcome of the war. James McPherson argues that the Civil War was won by the Union army through key victories at key moments. Archer Jones examines the strategy of the two sides, concluding that neither got the better of the other, and shows how each had to match its military planning to political necessity. Gary Gallagher assesses the role of the dominant generals -- Lee, Grant, and Sherman -- explaining how they towered above the others and how their roles shaped the war. Reid Mitchell shows how the Union's advantage in numbers was enhanced by a dedication and perseverance of federal troops that was not matched by the Confederates after their home front began to collapse. And Joseph Glatthaar attends to the critical contribution of African Americans, placing that "at the heart of the Civil War."

Why the Confederacy lost.

Confederate States of America, History

United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

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Boritt, G. S.,1940-

McPherson, James M.

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