Braxton Bragg: The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy Tapa blanda - 2021

Paperback / softback. New. As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military failures but also as the chief whipping boy of the Confederacy. The strongly negative opinions of Bragg's contemporaries have continued to color assessments of the general's military career and character by generations of historians. Rather than take these assessments at face value, Earl J. Hess's biography offers a much more balanced account of Bragg, the man and the officer. While Hess analyzes Bragg's many campaigns and battles, he also emphasizes how his contemporaries viewed his successes and failures and how these reactions affected Bragg both personally and professionally. The testimony and opinions of other members of the Confederate army--including Bragg's superiors, his fellow generals, and his… Leer más

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2021. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.25 inches.

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2021. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.25 inches.

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