This Mighty Scourge

In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, James M. McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history. McPherson sheds light on topics large and small, from the average soldier's avid love of newspapers to the postwar creation of the mystique of a Lost Cause in the South. Combining the finest scholarship with luminous prose, and packed with new information and fresh ideas, this book brings together the most recent thinking by the nation's leading authority on the Civil War.

This well-written collection by one of America's leading Civil War historians is very welcome not only to those interested in the conflict, but also for readers fascinated by nineteenth-century military history.

Autorentext
James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published numerous volumes on the Civil War, including Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 1998.

Klappentext
In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom" offers fresh insight into many of the most enduring questions about one of the defining moments in American history.

Zusammenfassung
Offers insights into questions and debates about America's greatest historical crisis - the Civil War. This work reflects from Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief to what might have happened if the South had won. It distills the wisdom of many years of teaching and writing about the meaning of the war and about slavery and its abolition.

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