The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War /

Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Temas:
1800-1899
Violence > United States > History > 19th century.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Historiography.
Violence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Historiographie.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (465 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674916302
0674916301

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