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Title: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis, James M. McPherson ISBN: 0-306-80419-0 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Analysis of the Constitution
Comment: This book should be required reading in all classrooms, and should further be owned by anyone who would like to understand the truth behind the Confederacy, and the unconstitutional war that followed the secession of the Southern states.
President Davis shows himself to be a preeminent constitutional scholar with his in-depth analysis of the 10th Amendment and the inherent right of the states to secede from the union into which they voluntarily entered. While this book was difficult for President Davis to write, due to the hardships he endured during and after the war, we should all be thankful that he took the time and conducted the research that went into this well-written and very informative book.
There are a great deal of insights into the inner workings of the Confederate government, but this book is worth far more than the price of admission for the constitutional analysis, and for the way he explains how the war started, and the duplicity of the Lincoln cabinet during the critical months prior to the first shots being fired.
The only blemish on this edition is the ridiculous "introduction" by James McPhearson. Why someone was chosen to write an "introduction" to a book of this magnitude who has no understanding of the issues discussed by President Davis, and who wants only to make petty comments about the man and the cause that he fought for is a question to which there is no answer. This book would have been a far better package without the apologist nonsense that hides under the title of "introduction", and it's recommended that this part of the book be ignored by serious students of history and the Constitution.
This is an eye-opening book that will forever alter your perceptions of the events that gave rise to the events of 1860-1865.
Rating: 5
Summary: Constitutional Justification for Secession
Comment: In this extremely well-written book, not only does President Jefferson Davis give critical insights on the events leading up to and including the War for Southern Independence (rare and very important in and of itself, given that he was the president of the Confederacy), but he also shows that he was a Constitutional scholar unparalleled by today's crop of so-called "experts".
President Davis was a reluctant secessionist. In fact, he had been working on trying to come to a compromise until his state seceded, and he returned home. This book does a great deal to show the character of the former president of the Confederacy, with his perceptions of events leading up to the war itself. For instance, he did not envision himself to be the president of the Confederacy, believing that position should instead go to Albert Johnston. Instead, he had thought he would receive a commission as general.
While there is plenty of information for virtually anyone interested in that period (there is detailed information about battles, insights by the president on figures living at the time, etc.), what truly makes the book such a fascinating read is the constitutional analysis (particularly regarding the secession question, but also going into the grievances by the Confederate states as well) found therein.
If there is a negative to this book, it is the poorly-written introduction by leftist and Lincoln apologist McPhearson. I don't know why he was chosen to write the forward, but it is best ignored.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is a magnum opus in Southern literature.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great, but imcomplete
Comment: This is only volume I. There has to be a volume II out there somewhere.
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Title: The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas DiLorenzo ISBN: 0761536418 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: When in the Course of Human Events by Charles Adams ISBN: 0847697223 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing (via NBN) Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Jefferson Davis: Private Letters, 1823-1889 by Jefferson Davis, Hudson Strode ISBN: 030680638X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Southern Nation: The New Rise of the Old South by R. Gordon Thornton ISBN: 1565546970 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Was Jefferson Davis Right? by James Ronald Kennedy, Walter Donald Kennedy ISBN: 156554370X Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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