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April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War

Door William A Tidwell

Categorie	Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer	#328113-XE11
Titel	April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War
Auteur	Tidwell, William A
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Kent State University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1995
ISBN10	0873385152
ISBN13	9780873385152
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, dust jacket, a few b/w illustrations,m map, 8vo.
Samenvatting	William A. Tidwell establishes the existence of a Confederate Secret Service and clarifies the Confederate decision-making process to show the role played by Jefferson Davis in clandestine operations. While the book focuses on the Confederate Secret Service's involvement with the Lincoln assassination, the information presented has implications for various other aspects of the Civil War. The most thorough description of the Confederate Secret Service to date, April '65 provides previously unknown records and traces the development of Confederate doctrine for the conduct of irregular warfare. In addition it describes Confederate motives and activities associated with the development of a major covert effort to promote the creation of a peace party in the North. It shows in detail how the C... (Lees verder)onfederates planned to attack the military command and control in Washington and how they responded to the situation when the wartime attack evolved into a peacetime assassination. One of the most significant pieces of new information is how the Confederates were successful in influencing the history of the assassination.
Pagina's	264
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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