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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
Category: Military
McPherson recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself - the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, ...Show more
Battle Cry of Freedom - The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
Category: History | Series: Oxford History of the United States
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that cro ...Show more
Battle Cry of Freedom the Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
Category: History | Series: Oxford History of the United States Ser.
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that ...Show more
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Civil War by George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History James M McPherson (Princeton University)
Category: History
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom," a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. Many Americans of his own time and in later generations considered him an incompetent leader, not to men ...Show more
For Cause and Comrades : Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson
Category: History
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James M. McPherson
Category: History | Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters , James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultim ...Show more
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James M. McPherson
Category: History | Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In "War on the Waters," James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ulti ...Show more
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