9780674160569
The Confederate War
Gary W. Gallagher
ISBN 13: 9780674160569
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Softcover
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Illustrating the effectiveness of Lee's military strategy, the author discounts the suggestion that wide-scale guerrilla tactics might have brought victory to the South and points to heavy casualties and loss of property, rather than social conflict or deterioration of morale, as the primary impetus for surrender to northern forces.
Review:
"Gallagher is at his best when dealing with military strategy, convincingly showing that Southern generals did the best they could. The hole at the center of this work is a reluctance to discuss the formative issue of slavery. While Gallagher often refers to it, he fails to grapple with its implications. readers will end up convinced that Southerners indeed fought hard for their nation, but will be unclear about they were so fired up to accomplish."
Publishers Weekly, 08/11/1997
Review:"A work of more interest to historians than general readers, and more important for the questions it raises than any it answers."
Kirkus, 07/15/1997
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