Battle Cry of Freedom – The Civil War Era

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Title : Battle Cry of Freedom – The Civil War Era
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Product Line : Historical Books (Oxford University Press)

Category : Historical Books
Sub-category : Historical Reference Books
Genre : Book – Reference – Military Book – Reference – Historical
Author : James M. McPherson
Publish Year : 1988
Pages : 904
Dimensions : 6×9.25×1.75″
NKG Part # : 2147839328
Type : Softcover James McPherson’s fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War–the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry–and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself–the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson’s new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union’s victory.