Jefferson Davis, Confederate president
By: Herman Hattaway and Richard E. Beringer.
Contributors: Beringer, Richard E., 1933-
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lawrence; [Great Britain]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
Subjects: Davis, Jefferson, -- 1808-1889.; Presidents -- Biography -- Confederate States of America.; Statesmen -- Biography -- United States.; Confederate States of America -- Politics and government.; United States -- History -- Campaigns -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Confederate States of America -- Biography.
Genres: Biography; Biography.
Description: "He was one of the most embattled heads of state in American history. Charged with building a new nation while waging a war for its very independence, he accepted his responsibilities reluctantly but carried them out with a fierce dedication to his ideals. Those efforts ultimately foundered on the shoals of Confederate defeat, leaving Davis stranded in public memory as both valiant leader and desolate loser.".

"Now two Civil War historians, Herman Hattaway and Richard Beringer, take a new and closer look at Davis's presidency. In the process, they provide a clearer image of his leadership and ability to handle domestic, diplomatic, and military matters under the most trying circumstances without the considerable industrial and population resources of the North and without the formal recognition of other nations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-523) and index.