Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West (Modern War Studies) - Hardcover

Woodworth, Steven E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700604618 ISBN 13: 9780700604616

Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas, 1990

Synopsis

Argues that poor leadership in the western campaigns led to the Confederacy's defeat

About this title

About the Author

Steven E. Woodworth is an assistant professor of history at Texas Christian University. He is the author of Civil War Generals in Defeat, and a two-time winner of the prestigious Fletcher Pratt Award, for his books Davis and Lee at War and Jefferson Davis and His Generals.

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Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award

"A long-awaited work on an important topic--a counterpart for T. Harry Williams's celebrated Lincoln and His Generals. Woodworth's conclusions are exciting. He writes in a good, clear style that should appeal to a wide audience. I found many passages to be pure pleasure to read."--Herman Hattaway, author of How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War

"Highly readable, stimulating, and at times provocative. This fast-paced and compelling narrative provides a very effective overview of Confederate command problems in the West."--Albert Castel, author of General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

Reviews

In his highly readable, sometimes humorous account, which mirrors T. Harry Williams's classic treatment of Lincoln and His Generals (1952), Woodworth discovers a Jefferson Davis who is not as inflexible and indifferent to political needs as his contemporaries and later scholars have insisted, but one whose pride, misplaced loyalty to friends, and, in 1862-64, bad management undercut Confederate command in the West. Woodworth takes a fresh look at the canards and myths surrounding the man. His major new, and most controversial, finding is that Davis lacked self-confidence. A more assured Davis might have won the West and, with it, the war. The argument will fuel debates on the Civil War for some time. Highly recommended. History Book Club main selection.
- Randall Miller, St. Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia
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Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700604618
• ISBN 13: 9780700604616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400