A Short History of the American Civil War
The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians and slaves. The Civil War was also one of the world's first truly industrial conflicts, involving railroads, the telegraph, steamships and mass-manufactured weaponry. The eventual victory of the Union over the Confederacy rang the death-knell for American slavery, and set the USA on the path to becoming a truly world power. Paul Christopher Anderson shows how and why the conflict remains the nati…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78672-667-4
- EAN: 9781786726674
- Produktnummer: 33216460
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'002 KB
Über den Autor
Paul Christopher Anderson is Associate Professor of History at Clemson University, USA. He is the author of Blood Image: Turner Ashby in the Civil War and the Southern Mind (2002).
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