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Book Review


Military Necessity: Civil-Military Relations in the Confederacy. By Paul D. Escott. (Westport: Praeger, 2006. xviii, 215 pp. $49.95, ISBN 0-275-98313-7.)
This is a refreshing interpretive study of military and civilian relations in the Confederate States of America. Paul D. Escott carefully selected a few controversies to examine whether civil control of the southern government was ever threatened by the military leadership. Among the most important developments explored are: impressments and tax-in-kind; conscription; the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus; the Trans-Mississippi Department; and the conscription of African Americans for military service. As that list indicates, Escott has studied several different types of relationships. . . .
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