The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters

Publication Data

• Title The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters
• Author James M. McPherson
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location New York, NY
• Language English

Contents

Why the Civil War Still Matters
Mexico, California, and the Coming of the Civil War
A Just War?
Death and Destruction in the Civil War
American Navies and British Neutrality During the Civil War
The Rewards of Risk-Taking : Two Civil War Admirals
How Did Freedom Come?
Lincoln, Slavery, and Freedom
A. Lincoln, Commander in Chief
The Commander Who Would Not Fight : McClellan and Lincoln
Lincoln's Legacy for Our Time
War and Peace in the Post-Civil War South.

Topics

• War and society :: United States :: History
• Social change :: United States :: History
• National characteristics, American :: History
• United States :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Influence
• United States :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Psychological aspects
• United States :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Social aspects
• United States

The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters by James M. McPherson. ISBN 9780199375776. Published by Oxford University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.