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Sto caricando le informazioni... This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War (2007)di James M. McPherson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. An enlightening collection of essays focusing on a variety of topics, this book covers some of the most important issues of the Civil War. Including topics from the "Lost Cause" interpretation of the war to the soldiers' interest in newspapers and, of course, Abraham Lincoln. The historic research is impeccable and the essays are always readable. ( ) Great collection of 16 essays by a leading Civil War historian addressing the ruthless rewriting of history and brainwashing of the Lost Cause myth, attempts to negotiate an end of the Civil War, the myths about Jesse James, habeas corpus and other legal issues facing Lincoln, the team of Grant and Sherman, opening the Mississippi, and more. This could be very dry analysis but the facts and observations make it fascinating as well as informative reading. The essay about the Lost Cause Myth spells out how Southerners recast the war to preserve slavery into a war for everything but preserving slavery, despite the written record. Even today there is a strong resistance to admitting the truth of the matter. Overall, a very thoughtful book and well worth reading. The best book to read about the Civil War if you want synthesis and answers to the big questions: why did the South enter the war? Was Sherman an asshole? Was Grant a drunk? How did it start that people claimed it wasn't about slavery? How close did the South get to the masterstroke of recognition by foreign governments? It's all incredibly interesting stuff, and thoughtfully explained by one of the premier Civil War historians out there. It's the best. The book is a series of essays on subjects about the American civil war. Several of them are about people, including Lincoln, John Brown, Jeff Davis and Jessie James. Those were the most interesting. Some of the political discussions were down right boring. The author did provide some new insights and I generally enjoyed the book. This Mighty Scourge is a collection of essays by the Civil War historian James McPherson. Probably most well known for his book Battle Cry of Freedom, this collection contains both previously published articles as well as some new essays. The collection covers a vast array of topics, broken into sections by theme, which makes it easier to pick and chose what might interest the reader. These sections include military history, Lincoln, and the home front. I especially enjoyed the section on the Lost Cause. The essay which discusses efforts by southern war organizations to influence southern history textbooks after the war is especially fascinating. McPherson is an easy historian to read, as many of his writings are written in a more narrative tone, though a few readers might find some of the essays a bit dry due to their more academic prose (as some were originally published in traditional journals). While not as easy to get into as a few of his other titles, This Mighty Scourge is a good introduction to some readers who might be interested in something beyond a basic history of the Civil War. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
This book offers fresh insight into many of the most enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history. McPherson sheds light on topics large and small, from the average soldier's avid love of newspapers to the postwar creation of the mystique of a Lost Cause in the South. Readers will find insightful pieces on such intriguing figures as Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Jesse James, and William Tecumseh Sherman, and on such vital issues such as Confederate military strategy, the failure of peace negotiations to end the war, and the realities and myths of the Confederacy. This Mighty Scourge includes several never-before-published essays--pieces on General Robert E. Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign, on Lincoln and Grant in the Vicksburg campaign, and on Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief. In that capacity, Lincoln invented the concept of presidential war powers that are again at the center of controversy today. All of the essays have been updated and revised to give the volume greater thematic coherence and continuity, so that it can be read in sequence as an interpretive history of the war and its meaning for America and the world. Combining the finest scholarship with luminous prose, and packed with new information and fresh ideas, this book brings together the most recent thinking by the nation's leading authority on the Civil War. It will be must reading for everyone interested in the war and American history. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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