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VersandkostenfreiIn this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson offers fresh interpretations and insights into many of the most enduring questions and debates about America's greatest historical crisis - the Civil War. In a collection that includes several never before published essays, McPherson reflects on everything from Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief to what might have happened if the South had won.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Part 1 Slavery and the Coming of War
- 1.: And the War Came; Escape and Revolt in Black and W
- Part II: The Lost Cause Revisited
- 3.: The Confederacy: A House Divided?;
- 4.: Was the Best Defense a Good Offense? Jefferson Davis and Confederate Strategies;
- 5.: The Saratoga That Wasn't: The Impact of Antietam Abroad;
- 6.: To Conquer a Peace? Lee's Goals in the Gettysburg Campaign;
- 7.: The Last Rebel: Jesse James;
- 8.: Long-Legged Yankee Lies: The Lost Cause Textbook Crusade-
- Part III: Architects of Victory-
- 9.: "We Stand by Each Other Always": Grant and Sherman;
- 10.: The Hard Hand of War;
- 11.: Unvexed the Sea: Lincoln, Grant, and the Vicksburg Campaign-
- Part IV: The Home Front and Battle Front-
- 12.: Brahmins at War;
- 13.: "Spend Much Time in Reading the Daily Papers": The Press and Army Morale in the Civil War;
- 14.: No Peace Without Victory, 1861-1865-Part V: Lincoln-
- 15.: To Remember That He Had Lived;
- 16.: "As Commander-in-Chief I have a Right to Take Any Measure Which May Best Subdue the Enemy"
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
12. Oktober 2009
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
272
Autor/Autorin
James M McPherson
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
397 g
Größe (L/B/H)
236/157/30 mm
ISBN
9780195392425
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