Lee, Grant and Sherman: A Study in Leadership in the 1864-65 Campaign

by Alfred H. Burne

Book Overview

Had Lee enjoyed the manpower or materiel advantages of Grant, would the South have triumphed? Had Hood possessed strength superior to Sherman's, would he still have lost their encounters in Georgia? Popular sentiment has long bowed to the military leadership of the Civil War's victorious generals--a view that has been disputed by modern scholarship. Many might be startled to learn that a British army officer also called these opinions into question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700610731
• ISBN13: 9780700610730
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"