This Great Struggle (eBook)

America's Civil War

Steven E. Woodworth (Autor)

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2011
424 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-1087-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Referring to the war that was raging across parts of the American landscape, Abraham Lincoln told Congress in 1862, "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope on earth." Lincoln recognized what was at stake in the American Civil War: not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of self-government in the last place on earth where it could have the opportunity of developing freely. Noted historian Steven E. Woodworth tells the story of what many regard as the defining event in United States history. While emphasizing the importance of action in the region between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River in determining the outcome of the war, Woodworth argues that the Civil War had a distinct purpose that was understood by most of its participants: it was primarily a conflict over the issue of slavery. The soldiers who filled the ranks of the armies on both sides knew what they were fighting for. The outcome of the war—from its beginnings at Fort Sumter to the Confederate surrender four years later—was the result of the decisions that those millions of Americans made. Written in clear and compelling fashion, This Great Struggle is their story—and ours.

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Referring to the war that was raging across parts of the American landscape, Abraham Lincoln told Congress in 1862, We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope on earth. Lincoln recognized what was at stake in the American Civil War: not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of self-government in the last place on earth where it could have the opportunity of developing freely. Noted historian Steven E. Woodworth tells the story of what many regard as the defining event in United States history. While covering all theaters of war, he emphasizes the importance of action in the region between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River in determining its outcome. Woodworth argues that the Civil War had a distinct purpose that was understood by most of its participants: it was primarily a conflict over the issue of slavery. The soldiers who filled the ranks of the armies on both sides knew what they were fighting for. The outcome of the warafter its beginnings at Fort Sumter to the Confederate surrender four years laterwas the result of the actions and decisions made by those soldiers and millions of other Americans. Written in clear and compelling fashion, This Great Struggle is their storyand ours.

Autor

Steven E. Woodworth is professor of history at Texas Christian University and author, co-author, or editor of twenty-seven books. He is a two-time winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award of the New York Civil War Round Table, a two-time finalist for the Peter Seaborg Award of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, and a winner of the Grady McWhiney Award of the Dallas Civil War Round Table for lifetime contribution to the study of Civil War history. His most recent book is Manifest Destinies: America's Westward Expansion and the Road to the Civil War.

Inhalt

PrologueChapter 1: America's Long Road to Civil WarChapter 2: And the War CameChapter 3: All Quiet Along the PotomacChapter 4: The Emergence of GrantChapter 5: McClellan's Great CampaignChapter 6: Confederate High TideChapter 7: Lincoln Takes New MeasuresChapter 8: "Peace Does Not Appear So Distant As It Did"Chapter 9: "The Unfinished Work"Chapter 10: From the Rapidan to the James to the PotomacChapter 11: The Atlanta CampaignChapter 12: Last Chances for the ConfederacyChapter 13: "Let Us Strive on to Finish the Work"Chapter 14: ReconstructionEpilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.4.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: American Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-1087-7 / 1442210877
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-1087-5 / 9781442210875