Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865

Autori

• Ethan S. Rafuse

Parametri

• 283 pagine
• 10 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri
• Casuistiche
• Guerra Civile

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In this reexamination of the last two years of Lee's storied military career, the author offers a clear, informative, and insightful account of Lee's ultimately unsuccessful struggle to defend the Confederacy against a relentless and determined foe. This book provides a comprehensive, yet concise and entertaining narrative of the battles and campaigns that highlighted this phase of the war and analyzes the battles along with Lee's generalship in the context of the steady deterioration of the Confederacy's prospects for victory. The author's insights and analysis provides a full, balanced, and cogent account of how even the best efforts of one of history's great commanders could not prevent the total defeat of his army and its cause

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2008

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