AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS

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(08-26-2013 02:35 PM)JMadonna Wrote:  I'd like to note that eighty years after the fact, Adolph Hitler's conduct in a similar situation would give rise to the expression "bunker mentality". This term is used to describe the thought process of a person who refuses to acknowledge reality, while going into "survival mode" to hang to a position of authority until the last possible moment. These thoughts are often accompanied by fantastic dreams of mounting a triumphant comeback.

It seems Davis had the same mentality towards the end.

Don't you feel that In July 1864 Davis still had hope of victory? Of course, in the next few months it would all unravel with Sherman marching toward Atlanta, Grant starting his seige of Petersburg and Lincoln winning re-election.