examines the hypothetical answer to how the Confederacy could have won the Civil War. By examining the geography of the southern half of the United States, the slaves, and the generals of the Confederacy, Tanner is able to show, using historical evidence and examples, why a Fabian strategy could not have give the Confederacy the much-desired victory. Although Tanner's thesis seems unorthodox due to the fact that the author does not introduce any new and revolutionary ideas on how the Confederacy could have won the war, Tanner's analysis is well done because the author allows it's up to the reader to guess what might have changed the history of the United States. while showing the audience why the case presented cannot