The Confederate Culture and Its Weakenesses
How Culture Contributed to the Confederate Defeat
Published on 26. May 2023
344 pages
978-1-6632-5150-3 (ISBN)
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SOUTHERN CULTURE CONTAINED ELEMENTS THAT PROVED DYSFUNCTIONAL TO WINNING A PRE-MODERN WAR FOR SECESSION. SOUTHERN CAVALIERS WERE OFTEN MORE CONCERNED WITH THEIR OWN AMBITIONS AND SEARCH FOR HONOR AND POPULARITY. ROBERT E. LEE LOST THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG BECAUSE JEB STUART WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS HONOR THAN WITH FOLLOWING ORDERS. OTHER GENERALS REFUSED TO COOPERATE AND REFUSED TO PREVENT THE UNION CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS AND VICKSBURG.
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Jon P. Alston
The Confederate Culture and Its Weakenesses
How Culture Contributed to the Confederate Defeat
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05/2023
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JON P. ALSTON IS EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. HE HAS TAUGHT IN FRANCE AND CHINA. HIS INTEREST IS ON THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON BEHAVIOR. HE HAS PUBLISHED OVER ONE HUNDRED JOUNAL ARTICLES AND TEN BOOKS INCLUDING A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FRENCH BUSINESS, JAPANESE BUSINESS CULTURE AND PRACTICES AND BUSINESS GUIDE TO MODERN CHINA.
