(June 23, 2015 at 4:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I've seen some suggestion that he simply got carried away with the idea that his army could do anything.
Catton spent quite a bit of time on that, if I remember my His 102 reading well enough. Lee was impressedby the foot-hardy soldiers under his command,
(June 23, 2015 at 4:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: However, it is true that he well understood that the north had the resources to keep wearing the south down. The comparison to Admiral Yamamoto is not misplaced. He too understood what he was up against.
The discrepancy in resources and industry was clear in both cases.
