The war that forged a nation why the Civil War still matters
"More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had 'uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be...
| Main Author: | McPherson, James M. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Why the Civil War Still Matters
- Mexico, California, and the Coming of the Civil War
- A Just War?
- Death and Destruction in the Civil War
- American Navies and British Neutrality During the Civil War
- The Rewards of Risk-Taking : Two Civil War Admirals
- How Did Freedom Come?
- Lincoln, Slavery, and Freedom
- A. Lincoln, Commander in Chief
- The Commander Who Would Not Fight : McClellan and Lincoln
- Lincoln's Legacy for Our Time
- War and Peace in the Post-Civil War South.