02952nam 2200589Ia 450 991081611820332120240516141548.00-19-993936-51-280-59400-497866136238360-19-984329-5(CKB)2670000000161682(EBL)886542(OCoLC)782918759(SSID)ssj0000622866(PQKBManifestationID)12239358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622866(PQKBWorkID)10647143(PQKB)11758866(MiAaPQ)EBC886542(Au-PeEL)EBL886542(CaPaEBR)ebr10546670(CaONFJC)MIL362383(EXLCZ)99267000000016168220111011d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFateful lightning a new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction /Allen C. Guelzo1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20121 online resource (587 p.)"First edition ... was originally published as The crisis of the American Republic : a history of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, St. Martin's Press, 1994".0-19-984328-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. A Nation Announcing Itself; 2. The Game of Balances; 3. Year of Meteors; 4. To War upon Slavery: The East and Emancipation, 1861-1862; 5. Elusive Victories: East and West, 1862-1863; 6. The Soldier's Tale; 7. The Manufacture of War; 8. The Year That Trembled: East and West, 1863; 9. World Turned Upside Down; 10. Stalemate and Triumph; 11. A Dim Shore Ahead; Epilogue; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThe Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than 700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges.In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln PrizReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)973.7Guelzo Allen C900256Guelzo Allen C900256MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816118203321Fateful lightning4031134UNINA