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.Traces a political conspiracy and dysfunctional dynamics that the author believes were at the heart of the Confederacy's Civil War losses, in an account that reveals infighting between Jefferson Davis and the Confederate government.

Product Description: Here, for the first time, is a book that goes beyond providing just a brief battle history for each of the Civil War parks. Civil War Battlefields presents a detailed, clear narrative describing exactly what visitors can see and do in twelve important battlefield areas covering 22 campaigns and approxiamately 40 separate battles...read more

An illustrated history of the Gettysburg military campaign offers readers a day-by-day account of the battle complemented by expert essays, three-dimensional maps, and rare period photographs of battle sites and military leaders. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Uses personal letters and more than 380 photographs to present a portrait of the legendary Confederate general.

A military history of the Civil War from Fort Sumpter to Lee's surrender at Appomottax covers the Western theater, war strategies, major and obscure battles at land and sea, and the role of railroads and African Americans. (view table of contents)

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A moving photographic visit to the most renowned Civil War battlefields, including Gettyburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Antietam, captures the ethereal beauty of these sites, offering a reverential feeling intensified by the inclusion of historical photographs of these locations. UP. (view table of contents)

Provides a bibliography of Civil War books, divided into such categories as battles and campaigns, Confederate biographies, Union biographies, and Unit histories

Product Description: Beginner's Guide to Amateur Astronomy: An Owner's Manual for the Night Sky (Astronomy Library)

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Product Description: The book is arranged by type of object then by constellation for easy reference.

Describes more than six hundred multiple stars, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and quasars found in each of forty-six constellations