Retreat to Victory? - Confederate Strategy Reconsidered

Did Confederate armies attack too often for their own good? Was the relentless, sometimes costly effort to preserve territory a blunder? Why great battles in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee rather than well-laid ambushes in Alabama's sandh

List of contents

Chapter 1 Confederate Strategy: An Overview Chapter 2 Confederate Geography Chapter 3 Rebel Armies on the March Chapter 4 On Clausewitz Chapter 5 Slavery and Confederate Strategy Chapter 6 Independence and Confederate Strategy Chapter 7 No Place to Hide

About the author

Robert G. Tanner practices law in Atlanta, Georgia. He has studied and lectured on the Civil War for more than twenty-five years.

Summary

Did Confederate armies attack too often for their own good? Was the relentless, sometimes costly effort to preserve territory a blunder?

Product details

• Authors: Robert Tanner, Robert G Tanner, Robert G. Tanner, Tanner Robert G.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780842028820
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2882-0
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 277 g
• Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era; American Crisis (Paperback); American Crisis Series: Books; American Crisis (Paperback); The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Defence strategy, planning & research, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Military and defence strategy, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)