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Fateful lightning : a new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction / Allen C. Guelzo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guelzo, Allen C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (587 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than 700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges.In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Priz
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. A Nation Announcing Itself; 2. The Game of Balances; 3. Year of Meteors; 4. To War upon Slavery: The East and Emancipation, 1861-1862; 5. Elusive Victories: East and West, 1862-1863; 6. The Soldier's Tale; 7. The Manufacture of War; 8. The Year That Trembled: East and West, 1863; 9. World Turned Upside Down; 10. Stalemate and Triumph; 11. A Dim Shore Ahead; Epilogue; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- "First edition ... was originally published as The crisis of the American Republic : a history of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, St. Martin's Press, 1994".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-993936-5
- 1-280-59400-4
- 9786613623836
- 0-19-984329-5
- OCLC:
- 782918759
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