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Could someone other than Jefferson Davis have done a better job of serving an embattled Confederacy? Many of his contemporaries on the home front and in the firing line thought so, and this perception has served to tarnish Davis's reputation for effectiveness from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, and thereafter in Civil War historiography. However, in this brilliantly nuanced biography, McPherson (Tried by War) insists that the Rebel chief executive was no mere presidential paper-pusher, detailing how ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More