| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Preface; 1 Homeric Call to Arms; 2 Road to Thermopylae; 3 Chaotic Absurdity; 4 Conspiracy; 5 War as a Career Opportunity; 6 Melodramatic Messianism, Punishment and Retribution; 7 Revolutionary War; 8 Sophoclean Tragedy; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book invites the reader to embark with the soldiers and civilians on their journey into the murderous events of the Civil War. Drawing on letters, diaries, recent books and articles in history, and multidisciplinary sources, it places the events in a broader perspective |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 19, 2016) |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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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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| ISBN |
9780761867913 |
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0761867910 |
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