This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil WarOxford University Press, 2007 M01 29 - 272 pages The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history. McPherson sheds light on topics large and small, from the average soldier's avid love of newspapers to the postwar creation of the mystique of a Lost Cause in the South. Readers will find insightful pieces on such intriguing figures as Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Jesse James, and William Tecumseh Sherman, and on such vital issues as Confederate military strategy, the failure of peace negotiations to end the war, and the realities and myths of the Confederacy. This Mighty Scourge includes several never-before-published essays--pieces on General Robert E. Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign, on Lincoln and Grant in the Vicksburg campaign, and on Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief. All of the essays have been updated and revised to give the volume greater thematic coherence and continuity, so that it can be read in sequence as an interpretive history of the war and its meaning for America and the world. Combining the finest scholarship with luminous prose, and packed with new information and fresh ideas, this book brings together the most recent thinking by the nation's leading authority on the Civil War. |
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... Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons , living or dead , is entirely coincidental . First e - book edition Find more titles to read online at www.NETCOMICS.com TO TAKE #コ ENEMY'S HEART NET COMICS CHAPTER 37 Front Cover.
... Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons , living or dead , is entirely coincidental . First e - book edition Find more titles to read online at www.NETCOMICS.com TO TAKE #コ ENEMY'S HEART NET COMICS CHAPTER 37 Front Cover.
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... Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons , living or dead , is entirely coincidental . First e - book edition Find more titles to read online at www.NETCOMICS.com TO TAKE #コ ENEMY'S HEART DAE WON CH.64 DAEWON.
... Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons , living or dead , is entirely coincidental . First e - book edition Find more titles to read online at www.NETCOMICS.com TO TAKE #コ ENEMY'S HEART DAE WON CH.64 DAEWON.
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Mike Murdock. 5. Any. Uncontested. Enemy. Will. Flourish. Any Uncontested Enemy Will Flourish. Ignoring an Enemy doesnotremove him.Hopingyour Enemy will leave does not remove him. You must resist an Enemy. “Resist the devil, and he will ...
Mike Murdock. 5. Any. Uncontested. Enemy. Will. Flourish. Any Uncontested Enemy Will Flourish. Ignoring an Enemy doesnotremove him.Hopingyour Enemy will leave does not remove him. You must resist an Enemy. “Resist the devil, and he will ...
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... enemy. Yeah, I said it. I smelled one way back at the beginning of this conversation.” James said under his breath, loud enough for Sarah to hear. “Whatever James! I did what I could do for JJ—if you had been home some of . . . .” “Mom ...
... enemy. Yeah, I said it. I smelled one way back at the beginning of this conversation.” James said under his breath, loud enough for Sarah to hear. “Whatever James! I did what I could do for JJ—if you had been home some of . . . .” “Mom ...
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... enemy aeroplanes . On one occasion he repeatedly attacked five enemy machines , driving among them and attacking each in turn at short ranges . On three other occasions he brought down enemy machines . He showed great skill and courage ...
... enemy aeroplanes . On one occasion he repeatedly attacked five enemy machines , driving among them and attacking each in turn at short ranges . On three other occasions he brought down enemy machines . He showed great skill and courage ...
Contents
THE LOST CAUSE REVISITED | 41 |
ARCHITECTS OF VICTORY | 107 |
HOME FRONT AND BATTLE FRONT | 143 |
LINCOLN | 185 |
Notes | 223 |
Index | 253 |
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