Drawn with the sword : reflections on the American Civil War
1996, First Edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Price-clipped. Top text edge marked by retailer. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #479523
ISBN: 0195096797
Physical description; xiv, 258 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism -- Tom on the Cross -- From Limited to Total War, 1861-1865 -- Why Did the Confederacy Lose? -- How the Confederacy Almost Won -- Grant's Final Victory -- A New Birth of Freedom -- Who Freed the Slaves? -- Lincoln and the Last Best Hope Abroad. Subjects; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.
Price: €12.95