Binding: Paperback
Description: Themes of the American Civil War offers a timely and useful guide to this vast topic for a new generation of students. The volume provides a broad - ranging assessment of the causes complexities and consequences of America's most destructive conflict to date. The essays written by top scholars in the field and reworked for this new edition explore how and in what ways differing interpretations of the war have arisen and explains clearly why the American Civil War remains a subject of enduring interest. It includes chapters covering four broad areas including The Political Front The Military Front The Race Front and The Ideological Front. Additions to the second edition include a new introduction added to the current introduction by James Mc Pherson a chapter on gender as well as information on the remembrance of the war (historical memory). The addition of several maps a timeline and an appendix listing further reading battlefield statistics and battle/regiment/general names focuses the book squarely at undergraduates in both the US and abroad.
Title: Themes Of The American Civil War The War Between The States
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415990875
Pages: 424 Pages, 12 Tables, Black And White; 3 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 8/1/2009
Category: Military History