{"product_id":"why-the-south-lost-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"Why the South Lost the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard E. Beringer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHerman Hattaway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArcher Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this widely heralded book first published in 1986, four historians consider the popularly held explanations for southern defeat--state-rights disputes, inadequate military supply and strategy, and the Union blockade--undergirding their discussion with a chronological account of the war's progress. In the end, the authors find that the South lacked the will to win, that weak Confederate nationalism and the strength of a peculiar brand of evangelical Protestantism sapped the South's ability to continue a war that was not yet lost on the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than one hundred years after the South's surrender at Appomattox, Civil War battles rage on. Beyond the largely settled question of who lost and who won, dissension remains about how and why the war concluded as it did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard E. Beringer (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e RICHARD E. BERINGER is a professor of history at the University of North Dakota and the coeditor of a volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Jefferson Davis\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerman Hattaway (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e HERMAN HATTAWAY is a professor of history at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and coauthor, with Archer Jones, of \u003ci\u003eHow the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArcher Jones (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ARCHER JONES is emeritus professor of history and former dean at North Dakota State University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam N. Still Jr. (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e WILLIAM N. STILL JR. is a professor of history at East Carolina University and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eOdyssey in Gray: A Diary of Confederate Service, 1863-1865\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 8.86 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757861699872,"sku":"9780820313962","price":70.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d2b17367742e129ac8c896f6f31b26f7.webp?v=1780113383","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/why-the-south-lost-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}