{"product_id":"attack-and-die-civil-war-military-tactics-and-the-southern-heritage","title":"Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAttack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGrady McWhiney\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0817302298\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity Alabama Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1984\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e232\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDescribes tactical theory in the 1850s and suggests how each related to Civil War tactics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why did the Confederacy lose so many men? The authors contend that the Confederates bled themselves nearly to death in the first three years of the war by making costly attacks more often than the Federals. Offensive tactics, which had been used successfully by Americans in the Mexican War, were much less effective in the 1860s because an improved weapon--the rifle--had given increased strength to defenders. This book describes tactical theory in the 1850s and suggests how each related to Civil War tactics. It also considers the development of tactics in all three arms of the service during the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In examining the Civil War the book separates Southern from Northern tactical practice and discusses Confederate military history in the context of Southern social history. Although the Southerners could have offset their numerical disadvantage by remaining on the defensive and forcing the Federals to attack, they failed to do so. The authors argue that the Southerners' consistent favoring of offensive warfare was attributable, in large measure, to their Celtic heritage: they fought with the same courageous dash and reckless abandon that had characterized their Celtic forebears since ancient times. The Southerners of the Civil War generation were prisoners of their social and cultural history: they attacked courageously and were killed--on battlefields so totally defended by the Federals that \"not even a chicken could get through.\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage | Grady McWhiney | Paperback | 0817302298 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1789490","offer_id":67857783750808,"sku":"1789490","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61tFoavudFL.jpg?v=1793497027","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/attack-and-die-civil-war-military-tactics-and-the-southern-heritage","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}