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Article: Jefferson Davis's Generals
- Article from:
- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Southern Historical Association Nov 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Jefferson Davis's Generals. Edited by Gabor S. Boritt. Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. [xviii], 217. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-19-513921-6; cloth, $27.50, ISBN 0-19-512062-0.)
In this volume, which consists of eight essays that were originally presented at a 1998 Gettysburg Civil War Institute conference, Craig L. Symonds leads off with an examination of the "fatal relationship" between President Jefferson Davis and General Joseph E. Johnston. Symonds argues that their troubled, dysfunctional partnership was rooted in their personalities and experiences, took the form of a lack of communication, greatly hampered the Rebels' war ...