Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman

by Robert Douthat Meade

Book Overview

A rare Sephardic Jew in the Old South and a favorite of Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin has been described as "the brains of the Confederacy". He held three successive Confederate cabinet posts -- attorney general, secretary of war, and secretary of state -- and was Davis's closest confidant in the government. But some have questioned Benjamin's loyalty to Davis and the extent of his influence. More than 140 years after Benjamin first appeared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807127442
• ISBN13: 9780807127445
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"