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EBOOK Fateful Lightning:A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199939367
EAN: 37761C19EB
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Stron: 592
Data wydania: 2012
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The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a        four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more        than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700        billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in        American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it        permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent        monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of        challenges.In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Prize-winning historian Allen C.          Guelzo offers a marvelous portrait of the Civil War and its era, covering not only        the major figures and epic battles, but also politics, religion, gender, race,        diplomacy, and technology. And unlike other surveys of the Civil War era, it extends        the reader's vista to include the postwar Reconstruction period and discusses the        modern-day legacy of the Civil War in American literature and popular culture.          Guelzo also puts the conflict in a global perspective, underscoring Americans' acute        sense of the vulnerability of their republic in a world of monarchies. He examines        the strategy, the tactics, and especially the logistics of the Civil War and brings        the most recent historical thinking to bear on emancipation, the presidency and the        war powers, the blockade and international law, and the role of intellectuals, North        and South.Written by a leading authority on our nation's most searing crisis,        Fateful Lightning offers a vivid and original account of an event whose echoes        continue with Americans to this day.

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