Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862Confederate Tide Rising is one of the most significant evaluations of Civil War strategy to be published in the past fifty years. It contributes critically to our understanding of the war, and it will influence the course of Civil War scholarship for decades to comes. I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book.Richard J. Sommers, U. S. Army Military History Institute In this reexamination of Confederate war aims, Joseph L. Harsh analyzes the