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Confederate Tide Rising
Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862
by Joseph L. Harsh
ISBN: 0873385802
ISBN-13: 9780873385800
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
Published date: 1998
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.4 pounds
Pages: 278
Publisher's Notes
In this reexamination of Confederate war aims, Joseph L. Harsh analyzes the military policy and grand strategy adopted by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis in the first two years of the Civil War. Recent critics of Lee have depicted him as a general of tactical brilliance, but one who lacked strategic vision. Critics of Davis claim he went too far in adopting a "perimeter" policy which attempted to defend every square mile of Southern territory, scattering Confederate resources too thinly. Harsh argues, to the contrary, that Davis and Lee's policies allowed the Confederacy to survive longer than it otherwise could have and were the policies best designed to win Southern independence. The Confederacy needed to retain the resources of the upper South, and wanted to include the border states, so its aims were offensive rather than defensive. For the most part, Davis encouraged his field commanders to undertake aggressive operations, but it was not until Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia that Davis found a general with the intelligence and courage to invent and then execute a cogent strategy which gave the South a chance to win the war.
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Confederate Tide Rising. Robert E Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862
Harsh, Joseph L
Kent, Ohio.: The Kent State University Press., 1998. First edition, first printing. Octavo, red cloth spine and blue cloth boards with black titling to spine. xviii, 278pp. A very tight, bright copy in Fine condition in a dustwrapper that is near Fine. The military policy and grand strategy adopted by Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis in the first two years of the Civil War. . ISBN: 0873385802 . First Edition. ( more information)
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Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1998. Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862. Brodart Cover.. ISBN: 0 87338 580 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert E. Lee. ( more information)
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Joseph L. Harsh
Kent State University Press, 1998-01. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Like new with dust jacket in mylar. blue cloth over boards, red cloth spine, navy blue spine lettering, heavy pictorial dust jacket, 277 pages, Appendixes, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index,some black and white photos and illustrations. Doesn't appear to have been read. ( more information)
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Harsh, Joseph L
Kent, Ohio. : Kent State University Press. , 1998. First edition, first printing. Octavo, red cloth spine and blue cloth boards with black titling to spine. xviii, 278pp. Tight, bright and Fine in a dustwrapper that is Fine. An analysis of the military policy and grand strategy adopted by Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis in the first two years of the Civil War. . ISBN: 0-87338-580-2 . First Edition. ( more information)
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Harsh, Joseph L
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