Behind the Lines in the Southern Confederacy

by Charles W. Ramsdel and Charles W. Ramsdell

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking study, Charles W. Ramsdell explores the causes of the South's defeat in the Civil War. Finding traditional military explanations insufficient, he argues that deficiencies on the homefront were fundamental to the collapse of the Confederacy.

According to Ramsdell, the war raised economic and social problems that the southern people were unprepared to solve. Financially weakened and demoralized, the civilian population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080712186X
• ISBN13: 9780807121863
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"