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Living hell : the dark side of the Civil War / Michael C. C. Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Michael C. C., 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and society--United States--History--19th century.
- War and society.
- War casualties--United States--History--19th century.
- War casualties.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Surrounding the war with an aura of nostalgia both fosters the delusion that war can cure our social ills and makes us strong again, and weakens confidence in our ability to act effectively in our own time."--Journal of Military History.
- Contents:
- Opening: Jim Conklin and General Sherman
- Gone for a soldier
- On the march
- Close-order combat
- Clearing the battlefield
- The edge of sanity
- Deprivations and dislocations
- Invasions and violations
- State of the union
- Closing: General Lee and the gray ladies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-1222-5
- OCLC:
- 875276157
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