America's Civil WarWiley, 1996 M04 19 - 239 páginas Such is the continuing volume of work on the Civil War that we are regularly in need of an authoritative and accessible brief synthesis to keep us up to date with this endlessly fascinating subject. Brooks Simpson meets that need for the 1990s in America's Civil War, a wonderful feat of compression in which he addresses all the great issues of the war in 200 pages of clear and readable prose. Rightly, he puts the military history of the conflict at the center of the picture, but he excels in relating the drama of the war itself to the politics of both Union and Confederacy, to the stresses and strains-and opportunities-of the home front, and to the great issues of emancipation and reconstruction. This book is a fine achievement, and it will be invaluable not only to students but to many other readers-and even Civil War specialists will benefit from its fresh insights.–Peter J. Parish, Cambridge University |
Contenido
On Understanding the Civil War | 1 |
Secession and the First Shot7 | 7 |
War Begins | 24 |
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Otras 13 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Lincoln advance Ambrose Burnside American Army of Northern Army of Tennessee assault Atlanta attack battle battlefield black soldiers Bragg Burnside campaign capture Chattanooga Civil civilians coln columns Confeder Confederacy Confederate commander Confederate forces conflict Congress conscription decided declared defeat defensive Democrats effort emancipation Emancipation Proclamation federacy federal fight flank Fort Monroe Fredericksburg Frémont general-in-chief Georgia Gettysburg Grant Halleck Hooker impact Jackson James James Longstreet Jefferson Davis Johnston land Lee's Lincoln administration Longstreet Louisiana major McClellan ment military Mississippi move nation North Carolina Northern Virginia offensive P. G. T. Beauregard peace political Port Potomac president Proclamation proved Rebel Reconstruction regiments reinforcements Republicans retreat reunion Richmond River Rosecrans secession secessionists secure Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman slaveholders slavery slaves South Southern whites surrender Tennessee tion triumph Union army Union commander Union forces Union soldiers unionists Vicksburg victory Washington West Yankee