How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat

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Bevin Alexander

How the South Could Have Won the Civil War

The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat

Bevin Alexander

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Random House USA Inc
25 November 2008

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Military history; American Civil War; Battles & campaigns

For readers of Civil War histories, e.g. James McPherson's Hallowed Ground and Crossroads of Freedom, Jay Winik's April 1865, H. W. Crocker III's Robert E. Lee on Leadership, and Ernest B. Furgurson's Not War but Murder; for readers of Alexander's How Hitler Could Have Won World War II and How Wars Are Won, and other military histories.

Destroying conventional historical wisdom, acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals how the South most definitely could have defeated the North-and how close a Confederate victory came to happening. Alexander shows-

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How the Confederacy had its greatest chance to win the war just three months into the fighting-but blew it . How the Confederacy's three most important leaders- President Jefferson

Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas ""Stonewall"" Jackson-

clashed over how to fight the war . How the Confederate army devised-but never fully exploited-a way to

negate the Union's huge advantages in manpower and weaponry .

How Abraham Lincoln and other Northern leaders understood the Union's vulnerability better than the Confederacy's leaders did

How the South Could Have Won the Civil War provides a startling account of how a relatively small number of tactical and strategic mistakes cost the South the war and changed the course of history.

By: Bevin Alexander
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9780307346001
ISBN 10: 0307346005
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 25 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

BEVIN ALEXANDER is the author of nine books of military history, including How Hitler Could Have Won World War II, How Wars Are Won, How America Got It Right, and Lost Victories.

Reviews for How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat

""Alexander argues persuasively that the wartime policies of President Jefferson Davis and the military strategy of General Robert E. Lee led to the failure of the Confederacy. . . . Thought-provoking and informative."" —Washington Post