Introduction / Gabor S. Boritt
A fatal relationship: Davis and Johnston at war / Craig L. Symonds
Ambivalent visions of victory: Davis, Lee, and Confederate grand strategy / Emory M. Thomas
Jeff Davis rules: General Beauregard and the sanctity of civilian authority in the Confederacy / T. Michael Parrish
Davis, Bragg, and Confederate command in the west / Steven E. Woodworth
The general whom the president elevated too high: Davis and John Bell Hood / Herman Hattaway
"To comfort, to counsel, to cure": Davis, wives, and generals / Lesley J. Gordon
The image of Jefferson Davis as commander in chief / Harold Holzer
Was the best defense a good offense? Jefferson Davis and Confederate strategies / James M. McPherson.
