Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War Book

This history reviews the discords which divided the Confederate States of America, between the Executive in Richmond and the governments of the states, within the military and within the Confederate govenment itself. While mentioning divisions within the population, this is not the focus. There's no Republic of Jones here nor any detailed discussion about the border states or the people of West Virginia. There is, however, a chapter concentrated on the South's debates about conscripting its slaves--a major reason I bought the thing.

Other than the debates about the conscription and emancipation of its slaves, the most interesting part of the book was, for me, the concluding section discussing the mythology of the Confederacy and how it came about and persisted into the present.