The Civil War and the limits of destruction /

The Civil War is often portrayed as the most brutal war in America's history, a premonition of 20th century slaughter and carnage. In challenging this view, the author considers the war's destructiveness in a comparative context, revealing the sense of limits that guided the conduct of Ame...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Neely, Mark E., Jr.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
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