Drawn with the sword : reflections on the American Civil War / / James M. McPherson

• Autore: McPherson James M
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 258 p
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1996.
• 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?
• Sommario/riassunto: James M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of that conflict, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." Now, in Drawn With the Sword, McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War, written in the masterful prose that has become his trademark.
• Titolo autorizzato: Drawn with the sword
• ISBN: 0-19-771265-7; 1-4294-0663-1; 1-280-52807-9; 0-19-972783-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818714103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.