Military Necessity: Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy

by Paul D. Escott

Book Overview

Never before or since in American history have the needs and influence of the military weighed so heavily on society. Escott analyzes the militarization of life in the Confederacy and probes the relationships between military commanders, legislators, and Jefferson Davis and his administration. As the South struggled to wage an exhausting war against the North, military necessity increasingly determined policy and shaped all aspects of life. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275983137
• ISBN13: 9780275983130
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.5"