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Jefferson Davis, American. By William J. Cooper Jr. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Pp. [xvi], 757. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-375-72542-3; cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-394-56916-4.)

Concluding that Jefferson Davis has generally not been kindly treated by historians, William J. Cooper Jr. has joined the lengthy list of Davis biographers to give his version of what the Confederate president was and was not. Unlike several previous biographers, Cooper claims that his research did not begin with the intent to explain Davis's role in Confederate defeat. Cooper seeks to unravel the complexities of an enigmatic leader, to explore "[h]ow a patriotic American came to lead the great struggle to destroy the ...

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