What This Cruel War Was Over
Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War
$40.44
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2008
Summary
Using letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take us inside the minds of Civil War soldiers—black and white, Northern and Southern—as they fought and marched across a divided country, this unprecedented account is “an essential contribution to our understanding of slavery and the Civil War”.
In this unprecedented account, Chandra Manning explores how the Union and Confederate soldiers came to identify slavery as the central issue of the war and what that meant…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307277329 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307277321 |
| Author: | Chandra Manning |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2008 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage Civil War Library |
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Critics Review
“An essential contribution to our understanding of slavery and the Civil War.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A breathtakingly thorough examination of attitudes toward slavery of the rank-and-file troops, blue and gray, black and white.” —The Baltimore Sun
“An engrossing study of Civil War soldiers … by breathing life into them, she breathes life into debates over why the war came and how it was waged.” —Chicago Tribune
“A splendid book that should be read carefully by all who have an interest in the Civil War.” —Civil War News
Chandra Manning
Chandra Manning graduated summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College in 1993 and received a M.Phil from the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 1995. She took her Ph.D. at Harvard in 2002. She has lectured in history at Harvard and taught at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University.
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