The Civil War and the Limits of DestructionHarvard University Press, 2007. nov. 30. - 277 oldal The Civil War is often portrayed as the most brutal war in America's history, a premonition of twentieth-century slaughter and carnage. In challenging this view, Mark E. Neely, Jr., considers the war's destructiveness in a comparative context, revealing the sense of limits that guided the conduct of American soldiers and statesmen. |
Tartalomjegyzék
THE MEXICANAMERICAN WAR Republicanism and the Ethos of War | 7 |
PRICES RAID Limited War in Missouri | 41 |
EMPEROR MAXIMILIANS BLACK DECREE War in the Tropics | 72 |
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY Sheridan and Scorched Earth | 109 |
THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE The Grand Burning of the Prairie | 140 |
AVENGING ANDERSONVILLE Retaliation and the Political Uses of Hatred | 170 |
The Cult of Violence in Civil War History | 198 |
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The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction Mark E. Neely Jr.,Mark E.. Neely Korlátozott előnézet - 2007 |