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The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters
Preferred Shelf Number:
973.71 MCP
First Title value, for Searching:
The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters
First Author value, for Searching:
McPherson, James M., author.
ISBN:
9780199375776

9780190658533
Physical Description:
x, 219 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Why the Civil War still matters -- Mexico, California, and the coming of the Civil War -- A just war? -- Death and destruction in the Civil War -- American navies and British neutrality during the Civil War -- The rewards of risk-taking : two Civil War admirals -- How did freedom come? -- Lincoln, slavery, and freedom -- A. Lincoln, commander in chief -- The commander who would not fight : McClellan and Lincoln -- Lincoln's legacy for our time -- War and peace in the post-Civil War South.