The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States--History--19th century.

Violence.

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

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 465 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: The Puzzle of the Civil War

1. Who Can Make War?

2. The Rising of the People

3. Soldiers and Citizens

4. Kindling the Fires of Liberty

5. Unnecessary Violence

6. Discipline, Order, and Justice

7. Children of God

8. The Importance of States

Conclusion: The Double-Edged Sword

Notes

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674916319

067491631X

9780674916302 (electronic book)

0674916301

OCLC:

1054129097