American Civil War. (2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- American Civil War. (2007)
- Main Title:
- American Civil War.
- Other Names:
- Smith, Adam I. P
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Slavery and the American Republic; Nationalism, Democracy and Republicanism; The Slavery Issue; The Power of Slaveowners; The Crisis over the Extension of Slavery; Compromise and its Consequences; 2 Political Crisis and the Resort to War; The Kansas Nebraska Act; Republicanism and the Slave Power; The Rise of the Secessionists; Lincoln's Election and the Secession of the Deep South; The North's War for the Union; The Sumter Crisis; First Bull Run; 3 The Failure of Limited War, 1861-1862; The Military Balance Sheet, 1861. Strategy and TacticsThe Union Army Advances: December 1861-May 1862; Confederate Victories in the East: May to September 1862; Emancipation; 4 Emancipation and Hard War, 1862-1864; Confederate High Tide: December 1862-July 1863; Confederate Reversals: Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Chattanooga; ""Hard War"" in 1864; Grant Takes Command; 5 Citizen Soldiers; Life in Civil War Armies; Attitudes and Motivations; 6 The Ordeal of the Confederate Republic; Birth of a Nation-State; Confederate Nationalism and the Southern People; The Strains of War and the Limits of Loyalty. Slavery and the Confederate Cause7 The Last Best Hope of Earth: The War for the Union; Organizing Northern Society for War; Partisanship, Democracy and the Limits of Dissent; Reconstruction and Union Politics; The 1864 Election; 8 The Magic Word, ""Freedom""; The Road to Appomattox; Why the South Lost the War; The Nation ""Redeemed"";Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Slavery and the American Republic; Nationalism, Democracy and Republicanism; The Slavery Issue; The Power of Slaveowners; The Crisis over the Extension of Slavery; Compromise and its Consequences; 2 Political Crisis and the Resort to War; The Kansas Nebraska Act; Republicanism and the Slave Power; The Rise of the Secessionists; Lincoln's Election and the Secession of the Deep South; The North's War for the Union; The Sumter Crisis; First Bull Run; 3 The Failure of Limited War, 1861-1862; The Military Balance Sheet, 1861. Strategy and TacticsThe Union Army Advances: December 1861-May 1862; Confederate Victories in the East: May to September 1862; Emancipation; 4 Emancipation and Hard War, 1862-1864; Confederate High Tide: December 1862-July 1863; Confederate Reversals: Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Chattanooga; ""Hard War"" in 1864; Grant Takes Command; 5 Citizen Soldiers; Life in Civil War Armies; Attitudes and Motivations; 6 The Ordeal of the Confederate Republic; Birth of a Nation-State; Confederate Nationalism and the Southern People; The Strains of War and the Limits of Loyalty. Slavery and the Confederate Cause7 The Last Best Hope of Earth: The War for the Union; Organizing Northern Society for War; Partisanship, Democracy and the Limits of Dissent; Reconstruction and Union Politics; The 1864 Election; 8 The Magic Word, ""Freedom""; The Road to Appomattox; Why the South Lost the War; The Nation ""Redeemed""; Unfinished Business; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Chronology of Key Events; 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. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 973.7
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Slavery -- United States -- History
Slavery -- United States -- History
Politics and government
Slavery
War -- Causes
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
United States
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 0230213529
9780230213524 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780333790533
0333790537
9780333790540
0333790545 - Notes:
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