Confederate strategy on the eve of the Gettysburg Campaign

"An analysis of the strategic context of the Gettysburg Campaign, and the choices made by Confederate commanders, military and civilian, prior to its initiation, and subsequently. I conclude that the campaign was stimulated by a strategic context that forced a 'Hobson's Choice' between two probable alternatives: the fall of Richmond or Vicksburg, both vital to the Confederate war effort. I further argue that the strategic decisions taken by R.E. Lee were coherent, but critically undermined by the failure of subordinates, especially J.E.B. Stuart and James Longstreet."