The Cambridge History of the American Civil War: Volume 2, Affairs of the State
$392.44
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2019
Summary
This volume explores the political and social dimensions of the Civil War in both the North and South. Millions of Americans lived outside the major campaign zones so they experienced secondary exposure to military events through newspaper reporting and letters home from soldiers. Governors and Congressmen assumed a major role in steering the personnel decisions, strategic planning, and methods of fighting, but regular people also played roles in direct military action, as guerrilla fighters,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781107154537 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1107154537 |
| Author: | Aaron Sheehan-Dean |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.04kg |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 30mm |
| Series: | The Cambridge History of the American Civil War |
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About The Author
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Aaron Sheehan-Dean is the Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies at Louisiana State University and the chairman of the History Department. He teaches courses on nineteenth-century US history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Southern History. He is the author of The Calculus of Violence: How Americans Fought the Civil War (2018), Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia (2007), Concise Historical Atlas of the US Civil War (2013), and is the editor of several books.
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