War comes again [[electronic resource] ] : comparative vistas on the Civil War and World War II / / edited by Gabor Boritt ; preface by David Eisenhower ; essays by Stephen E. Ambrose ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Altri autori: AmbroseStephen E BorittG. S. <1940->
• Note generali: "Gettysburg Civil War institute books published by Oxford University Press"-- p. ii.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Toward Sumter and Pearl: Comparing the Origins of the Civil War and World War II; 2. Grant and Eisenhower; 3. Military Intelligence: Unmasking Those Fearsome Apparitions; 4. Battle in Two Wars: The Combat Soldier's Perspective; 5. Gendering Two Wars; 6. Fighting on Two Fronts: War and the Struggle for Racial Equality in Two Centuries; 7. War and the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt; 8. To Preserve a Nation: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt as Wartime Diplomatists; 9. Retelling the Tale: Wars in Common Memory ; 10. The Necessity of Force: The Civil War, World War II, and the American View of WarEpilogue: Two Casualties of War; Notes; For Further Reading: A Bibliography; Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This comparison of the American Civil War and World War II points out the many similarities between the two conflicts in terms of military strategy and operations.
• Titolo autorizzato: War comes again
• ISBN: 0-19-771778-0; 0-19-987984-2; 1-280-52734-X; 0-19-802494-0; 1-4294-0626-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777627503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II