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Summary: An Underated Confederate General
Review: Braxton Bragg doesn't have the good press that Lee, Jackson, or Forrest had, but he was one of the Confederacy's better generals. This biography covers his life through the end of 1862, and it illustrates much about how the Confederate Armies went wrong.Bragg again and again planned good actions against the Union forces, only to see them fall apart as his subordinates just ignored his orders. Particularly bad was Leonidas Polk, who was a bad enough general to singlehandedly doom the Confederacy, but there were other offenders. A military genius might have overcome this. Bragg was merely above average for a Confederate commander, and thus he never had a chance. Very interesting, and the maps are outstanding, among the best I've ever seen in a history. Read it to see how a bad culture can foul up a good army with a good commander.
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Summary: An Underated Confederate General
Review: Braxton Bragg doesn't have the good press that Lee, Jackson, or Forrest had, but he was one of the Confederacy's better generals. This biography covers his life through the end of 1862, and it illustrates much about how the Confederate Armies went wrong. Bragg again and again planned good actions against the Union forces, only to see them fall apart as his subordinates just ignored his orders. Particularly bad was Leonidas Polk, who was a bad enough general to singlehandedly doom the Confederacy, but there were other offenders. A military genius might have overcome this. Bragg was merely above average for a Confederate commander, and thus he never had a chance. Very interesting, and the maps are outstanding, among the best I've ever seen in a history. Read it to see how a bad culture can foul up a good army with a good commander.
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