02962nam 2200673Ia 450 991081610180332120230126204656.00-19-983158-00-19-025461-01-283-04640-797866130464060-19-972125-4(CKB)2670000000078297(EBL)679585(OCoLC)711771909(SSID)ssj0000468528(PQKBManifestationID)11973271(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468528(PQKBWorkID)10498422(PQKB)10148836(StDuBDS)EDZ0001029609(MiAaPQ)EBC679585(Au-PeEL)EBL679585(CaPaEBR)ebr10457979(CaONFJC)MIL304640(EXLCZ)99267000000007829720101007d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dogs of war[electronic resource] 1861 /Emory M. ThomasOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (128 p.)Pivotal Moments in American HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-517470-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The Martial Moment, 1861; 2 War Dogs: 1861 and After; 3 Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of War; 4 Jefferson Davis and the Coming of War; 5 Chum: First Blood at First Bull Run; Conclusion: Resonance; Notes; IndexIn 1861, Americans thought that the war looming on their horizon would be brief. None foresaw that they were embarking on our nation's worst calamity, a four-year bloodbath that cost the lives of more than half a million people. But as eminent Civil War historian Emory Thomas points out in this stimulating and provocative book, once the dogs of war are unleashed, it is almost impossible to rein them in. In The Dogs of War, Thomas highlights the delusions that dominated each side's thinking. Lincoln believed that most Southerners loved the Union, and would be dragged unwillingly into secessionPivotal Moments in American HistoryPublic opinionConfederate States of AmericaPublic opinionUnited StatesHistory19th centurySectionalism (United States)History19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Public opinionPublic opinionPublic opinionHistorySectionalism (United States)History973.7/11Thomas Emory M.1939-475879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816101803321The dogs of war4122751UNINA