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Laddar... After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalismav Paul D. Escott
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The secession of the southern states from the Union was not merely a culmination of certain events; it was also the beginning of the trial of Confederate nationalism. The slaveholding elite which had led the South out of the Union now had to solidify its support among the nonslaveholding small farmers, a class that constituted the bulk of the white population.But Jefferson Davis and the new government were greatly hampered in their bid for widespread public support, partially because of the same force that had resulted in secession -- the strong states' rights predisposition of many southerners and their opposition to a strong central government -- and partially because of the great social and economic gap that separated the governed from the governors.In After Secession Paul Escott focuses on the challenge that the South's widespread political ideals presented to Jefferson Davis and on the way growing class resentments among citizens in the countryside affected the war effort. New material is included on Jefferson Davis and his policies, and interesting new interpretations of the Confederate government's crucial problems of decision making and failure to respond to the common people are offered. The result is both a fresh look at the pivotal role that strong leadership plays in the establishment of a new nation and a revealing study of how Jefferson Davis' frustrations increasingly affected the quality of his presidency. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Remarkably well detailed look at why the South did not win the support of its people and win the Civil War. Escott offers various reasons for this as well as an analysis of Davis as the Confederate President. Because the foundation of the Southern argument was to be allowed to continue enslaving a large portion of its residents they cried for States Rights! But in order to win a war over a more powerful North the Confederacy needed to create a strong central Federal Govt from scratch. Also power had to be taken from the states so they could begin to work together for the war effort. This did not happen. Governors continued to fight against Davis, not giving men or recourses, not giving him power over railroads. Davis was strongly criticized and his wishes questioned mainly because the South lacked political parties to rally from or against. The South was only Democrat. Davis had the intelligence and desire to form a permanent government, but the rich plantation owners wanted everything to remain the same, and this was not possible if they wanted to win. One of the biggest problems was that the solider was the non slave-holder. Davis had to convince them that Southern independence was worth their lives. Davis used the argument that the North wanted to make Black men their equals, allow them to marry their daughters and take the white man’s jobs. This argument worked for awhile, but the yoeman farmer began to realize that the rich were not suffering, or serving in the military, but continuing their normal lifestyles while the soldiers families were starving. Laws mostly favored the wealthy (p. 269)and gave little support to the starving. (p. 271) People gave up on the war long before it was over, Davis could not hole the people together and create Southern Nationalism (p. 272). Southerners were used to being independent separate from their govt, only relying on locals to meet their needs. Once the war began they had to ask govt for help with changed how the south viewed their govt. (p. 135) People did not in droves go over to the Northern side, mostly they fought against their govt by not joining up - or deserting - or not supplying food or support to the Confederacy (p. 104). In the later years Davis changed tactics and insisted the North were devils, not humans, very violent...by this time people had already given up and this tactic did not work very well. 5-2007 (