The Great Partnership

Christian B Keller

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781643131344
• eBook ISBN:
  9781643131733
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military Biographies
• Index: History

Why were Generals Lee and Jackson so successful in their partner- ship in trying to win the war for the South? What was it about their styles, friendship, even their faith, that cemented them together into a fighting machine that consistently won despite often overwhelming odds against them?The Great Partnership has the power to change how we think about Confederate strategic decision-making and the value of personal relationships among senior leaders responsible for organizational survival. Those relationships in the Confederate high command were particularly critical for victory, especially the one that existed between the two great Army of Northern Virginia generals.It has been over two decades since any author attempted a joint study of the two generals. At the very least, the book will inspire a very lively debate among the thousands of students of Civil War his- tory. At best, it will significantly revise how we evaluate Confederate strategy during the height the war and our understanding of why, in the end, the South lost.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Introduction: “A great national calamity has befallen us.”
• One: “I am willing to follow him blindfolded.”
• Two: “God blessed our arms with another victory.”
• Three: “I trust that God is going to bless us with great success.”
• Four: “Well General, you may try it.”
• Five: “Who can fill his place I do not know.”
• Six: “If Jackson had been there I would have succeeded.”
• Illustrations Insert
• Appendix: Insights on Leadership Drawn from the Lee-Jackson Partnership
• Bibliographic Note and Acknowledgments
• Endnotes
• Index
• Also by Christian B. Keller
• Copyright