| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; 1. Toward Sumter and Pearl: Comparing the Origins of the Civil War and World War II; 2. Grant and Eisenhower; 3. Military Intelligence: Unmasking Those Fearsome Apparitions; 4. Battle in Two Wars: The Combat Soldier's Perspective; 5. Gendering Two Wars; 6. Fighting on Two Fronts: War and the Struggle for Racial Equality in Two Centuries; 7. War and the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt; 8. To Preserve a Nation: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt as Wartime Diplomatists; 9. Retelling the Tale: Wars in Common Memory |
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10. The Necessity of Force: The Civil War, World War II, and the American View of WarEpilogue: Two Casualties of War; Notes; For Further Reading: A Bibliography; Contributors |
| Summary |
This comparison of the American Civil War and World War II points out the many similarities between the two conflicts in terms of military strategy and operations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eisenhower, David
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| LC no. |
94036511 |
| ISBN |
9780198024941 |
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0198024940 |
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0199879842 |
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9780199879847 |
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1429406267 |
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9781429406260 |
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