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Drawn with the Sword : Reflections on the American Civil War.

This series of essays reflects on topics such as the origins of the Civil War, the war and American society, why the North won the war, Lincoln's enduring image, and the question of historians and their audiences.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McPherson, James M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?