This mighty scourge : perspectives on the Civil War / James M. McPherson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPherson, James M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2009

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson offer fresh interpretations and insights into many of the most enduring questions and debates surrounding America's greatest historical crisis - the Civil War.

Contents:

Slavery and the coming of the war. And the war came ; Escape and revolt in black and white

The lost cause revisited. The Confederacy : a house divided? ; Was the best defense a good offense? : Jefferson Davis and Confederate strategies ; The Saratoga that wasn't : the impact of Antietam abroad ; To conquer a peace? : Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign ; The last rebel : Jesse James ; Long-legged Yankee lies : the lost cause textbook crusade

Architects of victory. "We stand by each other always" : Grant and Sherman ; The hard hand of war : Unvexed to the sea : Lincoln, Grant, and the Vicksburg campaign

Home front and battle front. Brahmins at war ; "Spend much time in reading the daily papers" : the press and army morale in the Civil War ; No peace without victory, 1861-1865

Lincoln. To remember that he had lived ; "As commander-in-chief I have the right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-251) and index.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771733-0

0-19-983095-9

1-281-16378-3

0-19-804276-0

9786611163785

1-4294-6897-1

OCLC:

476246343