The Confederate War
By: Gary W. Gallagher.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Confederate States of America -- Historiography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography; Confederate States of America -- Social conditions
Description: If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of internal division or civilian disaffection; others point to flawed military strategy or ambivalence over slavery. But, argues distinguished historian Gary Gallagher, we should not ask why the Confederacy collapsed so soon but rather how it lasted so long.

In The Confederate War he reexamines the Confederate experience through the actions and words of the people who lived it to show how the military and the home front responded to the war, endured great hardships, and assembled armies that fought with tremendous spirit and determination.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-210) and index.