An account of the Jefferson Davis presidency takes a look at the diplomatic, domestic, and military affairs that consumed this embattled man during his tumultuous tenure as president of the Confederacy.

Offers a chronological account of the Civil War, reexamines theories for the South's defeat, and analyzes Confederate and Union military strategy

Product Description: In Why the South Lost the Civil War, four historians considered the dominant explanations of southern defeat. At end, the authors found that states' rights disputes, the Union blockade, and inadequate southern forces did not fully account for the surrender...read more

Product Description: The major purpose of this collection is to provide an elementary introduction to historical method for the average undergraduate or beginning graduate student. Historical method here refers to the ways in which historical problems may be approached and the various techniques that are used to organize and interpret mounds of raw data...read more