Such Troops as These
  • Published: 1 March 2016
  • ISBN: 9780425271308
  • Imprint: Dutton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $40.00

Such Troops as These

The Genius and Leadership of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson

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Now in paperback--a bestselling military historian reveals how Stonewall Jackson might have won the Civil War for the Confederacy.

Acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander offers a provocative analysis of Stonewall Jackson’s military genius and reveals how the Civil War might have ended differently if Jackson’s strategies had been adopted.

The Civil War pitted the industrial North against the agricultural South, and remains one of the most catastrophic conflicts in American history. With triple the population and eleven times the industry, the Union had a decided advantage over the Confederacy. But one general had a vision that could win the War for the South—Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.

Jackson believed invading the eastern states from Baltimore to Maine could divide and cripple the Union, forcing surrender, but failed to convince Confederate president Jefferson Davis or General Robert E. Lee.

In Such Troops as These, Bevin Alexander presents a compelling case for Jackson as the greatest general in American history. Fiercely dedicated to the cause of Southern independence, Jackson would not live to see the end of the War. But his military legacy lives on and finds fitting tribute in this book.
  • Published: 1 March 2016
  • ISBN: 9780425271308
  • Imprint: Dutton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $40.00
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About the author

Bevin Alexander

Bevin Alexander is the author of eight books of military history, including How Wars Are Won, How Hitler Could Have Won World War II, and Lost Victories, which was named by the Civil War Book Review as one of the seventeen books that have most transformed Civil War scholarship. He was an adviser to the Rand Corporation for a recent study on future warfare and a participant in a recent war game simulation run by the Training and Doctrine Command of the U.S. Army. His battle studies of the Korean War, written during his decorated service as a combat historian, are stored in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. He lives in Bremo Bluff, Virginia.

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Praise for Such Troops as These

"Superb...compelling and engaging...the best book on Stonewall Jackson's unique military genius and unmatched leadership published in many years." --Colonel Jerry D. Morelock, PhD, U.S. Army (Ret.), and editor in chief of Armchair General