The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters / / James McPherson

• Autore: McPherson James M.
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: War and society - United States - History; Social change - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Psychological aspects; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 measured short of two or three generations."" In fact, five generations have passed, and Americans are still trying to measure the influence of the immense fratricidal conflict that nearly tore the nation apart. In The War that Forged a Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson considers why the Civil War remains so deeply embedded in our national psyche and identity.
• Titolo autorizzato: The war that forged a nation
• ISBN: 0-19-937579-8; 0-19-937578-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459791403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II