02547cam a2200385 a 4500 14606616 OSt 20211227091149.0 061023s2007 enk b 001 0 eng 2006035523 GBA689499 bnb 013583558 Uk 9780195313666 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195313666 (hardcover : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm74915689 (OCoLC)74915689 (OCoLC)74522109 DLC HU BAKER C#P YDXCP UKM BTCTA YDX HNW DLC n-us--- E468 .M24 2007 973.7 22 McPherson, James M. 12620 This mighty scourge : perspectives on the Civil War / James M. McPherson. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-251) and index. Slavery and the coming of the war. And the war came ; Escape and revolt in black and white -- The lost cause revisited. The Confederacy : a house divided? ; Was the best defense a good offense? : Jefferson Davis and Confederate strategies ; The Saratoga that wasn't : the impact of Antietam abroad ; To conquer a peace? : Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign ; The last rebel : Jesse James ; Long-legged Yankee lies : the lost cause textbook crusade -- Architects of victory. "We stand by each other always" : Grant and Sherman ; The hard hand of war : Unvexed to the sea : Lincoln, Grant, and the Vicksburg campaign -- Home front and battle front. Brahmins at war ; "Spend much time in reading the daily papers" : the press and army morale in the Civil War ; No peace without victory, 1861-1865 -- Lincoln. To remember that he had lived ; "As commander-in-chief I have the right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. 12623 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035523.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006035523-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006035523-d.html Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f5s7-aa 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOKS 0 24210 24210 0 0 ddc 0 0 008 008 GEN 2021-12-27 0 973.7/MCP SHLIB00012441 2021-12-27 00:00:00 1 2021-12-27 BOOKS