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Indlæser... Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War (2006)af David J. Eicher
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The prognosis is that the South lost the War because J. Davis surrounded himself with poor quality man, hence a book which consists of brief biographies of his cabinet. Drunkeness seems to be the overriding problem. I found it to be not enlightening and a bit dull. ( ) This excellent book covers the Civil War from a completely different angle. Shows how the war was lost, not on the battlefield, but in Richmond. The Confederate leadership was a collection of incompetent louts and idealistic buffoons, who spent most of their energy fighting each other. Today the Civil War is presented as a sort of noble conflict. Think of the film by Ken Burns. The Civil War is usually dealt with in a sort of high-minded tone. This book reminds us how twisted the Confederacy really was. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
A study in how governments can self-destruct during wartime. For more than a century, the conventional wisdom has been that the South lost because of overwhelming Union strength and bad luck. The Confederates have been lionized as noble warriors who fought for an honorable cause with little chance of succeeding. But historian Eicher reveals a calamity of political conspiracy, discord, and dysfunction. Drawing on previously unexplored sources, Eicher shows how President Jefferson Davis viciously fought with the Confederate House and Senate, governors, and his own cabinet. Confederate senators threatened each other with physical violence; some were brutal drunks, others, hopeless idealists. Military commanders were assigned not by skill but because of personal connections. Davis frequently interfered with his generals in the field, ignoring the chain of command. Also, some states wanted to set themselves up as separate nations, further undermining efforts to conduct a unified war effort.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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