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Through the years historians have placed him at both ends of the spectrum: some have portrayed him as a hero, others have judged him incompetent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJefferson Davis and His Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Woodworth shows that both extremes are accurate--Davis was both heroic and incompetent. Yet neither viewpoint reveals the whole truth about this complicated figure. Woodworth's portrait of Davis reveals an experienced, talented, and courageous leader who, nevertheless, undermined the Confederacy's cause in the trans-Appalachian west, where the South lost the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the war's outbreak, few Southerners seemed better qualified for the post of commander-in-chief. Davis had graduated from West Point, commanded a combat regiment in the Mexican War (which neither Lee nor Grant could boast), and performed admirably as U.S. Senator and Secretary of War. 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