Confederate Nation, 1861-65 - Softcover

Thomas, Emory M.

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9780060907037: Confederate Nation, 1861-65

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ISBN 10: 0060907037 ISBN 13: 9780060907037

Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books, 1980

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"The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. " --Journal of Southern History, 2007"Incisive and insightful.... As good a short history of the Southern war effort was we have." --T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln and His GeneralsEmory M. Thomas's critically acclaimed chronicle of the Confederacy remains widely recognized as the standard history of the South during the Civil War. Now with a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation presents a high readable, highly personal portrait of the Southern experience during the Civil War. Thomas, renowned for his illuminating biographies of Robert E. Lee and other Southern generals, here delivers the definitive account of the political and military events that defined the nation during its period of greatest turmoil.

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"The classic book on the Confederacy."--Civil War History

""The Confederate Nation" has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. "--Journal of Southern History

"The Confederate Nation" has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. --Journal of Southern History"

The classic book on the Confederacy. --Civil War History"

The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. --Journal of Southern History"

An incisive and insightful account of the Confederacy. As good a short history of the Southern war effort was we have. --T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln and His Generals"

"The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. "--Journal of Southern History

"An incisive and insightful account of the Confederacy. As good a short history of the Southern war effort was we have."--T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln and His Generals

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Definitive and unsurpassed, The Confederate Nation is the renowned history of the Confederacy by Emory M. Thomas ("one of America's most eminent Civil War historians"--Richmond Times-Dispatch). Thomas's masterful account delivers a clear analysis of the origins of secession, a gripping narrative of the military campaigns that shaped the Civil War, and a compelling portrait of the Southern people during the country's most turbulent era. Now featuring a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation is the quintessential exploration of the American South in the Civil War years.

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