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 military had an increasingly large impact not only on policy but also on events inside civil society. Military men played important roles in bringing about extensive social change, enforcing law and order, and placing significant restrictions on individual freedoms.
Ultimately the crisis of the Confederacy threatened both the constitutionalism that southern politicians long had cherished and a core principle of the tradition of civil control over the military. Key figures in the army also took the lead in urging the use of slaves as soldiers and promoting the idea of emancipation. With many portraits of high-ranking generals and civil officials and telling anecdotes that reveal the nature of their relationships, this book reveals the depth of the Confederacy's social, political, and military crisis and highlights what this crisis revealed about the foundations of Confederate society.

Military Necessity: Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy (In War and in Peace: U.S. Civil-Military Relations)

History

Escott, Paul D.

Americas

Praeger

A sharp-edged and revealing account of the transforming struggle for Southern independence and the inherent contradictions that undermined that effort.
 • Photographs, maps, and graphs enrich the text and illustrate changes in military strength, the importance of the Border South, and the loss of Confederate territory over time
• A bibliographical essay directs the reader to some of the most important and recent works in the vast historiography of the Civil War

The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture (Reflections on the Civil War Era)

This textbook history of the United States, beginning in 1492 and going through the present day, is a shortened version of the 1982 edition.

People and a Nation: A History of the United States/Complete Edition

Katzman, David M.

Norton, Mary Beth.

Houghton Mifflin School

A People and a Nation weaves the rich fabric of social history into a political, diplomatic, and economic narrative to tell "the whole story" of American history. The thoughtful discussion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture brings America's history to life.

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

Howard, P.

Chudacoff

Pat Norton, Mary Beth

Houghton, Mifflin Co.

This textbook history of the United States beginning in 1492 is a shortened version of the 1982 edition.

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Chudacoff, Howard P.

Paterson, Thomas G.

Tuttle, William M., Jr.

Brophy, William J.

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States : To 1877

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

Book by Norton, Mary Beth, Katzman, David M., Escott, Paul D., Chudacoff, Howard P., Paterson, Thomas G., Tuttle, William M., Jr., Brophy, William J.

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief, Volume B : Atlas of Amrican History

A People and a Nation: A History of the United State

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Anthropology

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Paterson, Thomson G.

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Military Necessity: Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy (In War and in Peace: U.S. Civil-Military Relations)

The Confederacy: The Slaveholders' Failed Venture (Reflections on the Civil War Era)

People and a Nation: A History of the United States/Complete Edition

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States

A People & a Nation: A History of the United States, Vol. 2: Since 1865, 3rd Edition

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States : To 1877

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief, Volume B : Atlas of Amrican History

A People and a Nation: A History of the United State

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States : To 1877

A People and a Nation: A History of the United State Since 1865: 2