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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791497503321

Autore

McPherson James M

Titolo

Drawn with the sword [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on the American Civil War / / James M. McPherson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-771265-7

1-4294-0663-1

1-280-52807-9

0-19-972783-X

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 258 p

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

1. Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism: A New Look at an Old Question -- 2. Tom on the Cross -- 3. The War of Southern Aggression -- 4. The War that Never Goes Away -- 5. From Limited to Total War, 1861-1865 -- 6. Race and Class in the Crucible of War -- 7. The Glory Story -- 8. Why Did the Confederacy Lose? -- 9. How the Confederacy Almost Won -- 10. Lee Dissected -- 11. Grant's Final Victory -- 12. A New Birth of Freedom -- 13. Who Freed the Slaves? -- 14. "The Whole Family of Man": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope Abroad -- 15. What's the Matter with History?