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How the Union Waged a Just War

D. H. Dilbeck (Autor)

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2016
224 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-3052-6 (ISBN)

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During the Civil War, Americans confronted profound moral problems about how to fight in the conflict. In this innovative book, D. H. Dilbeck reveals how the Union sought to wage a just war against the Confederacy. He shows that northerners fought according to a distinct "e;moral vision of war,"e; an array of ideas about the nature of a truly just and humane military effort. Dilbeck tells how Union commanders crafted rules of conduct to ensure their soldiers defeated the Confederacy as swiftly as possible while also limiting the total destruction unleashed by the fighting. Dilbeck explores how Union soldiers abided by official just-war policies as they battled guerrillas, occupied cities, retaliated against enemy soldiers, and came into contact with Confederate civilians.In contrast to recent scholarship focused solely on the Civil War's carnage, Dilbeck details how the Union sought both to deal sternly with Confederates and to adhere to certain constraints. The Union's earnest effort to wage a just war ultimately helped give the Civil War its distinct character, a blend of immense destruction and remarkable restraint.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.9.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Civil War America
• Reihe/Serie: Civil War America
• Zusatzinfo: notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• 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
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign • Atrocity in the Civil War • Benjamin F. Butler • Civil War in Memphis • Civil War in New Orleans • Civil War occupation • Edwin Stanton • Fort Pillow • Francis Lieber • General Orders No. 100 • guerrilla warfare in Civil War Missouri • Henry W. Halleck • International Law in the Civil War • John M. Schofield • John Pope • Just War Theory in the Civil War • Retaliation in the Civil War • Sherman’s March to the Sea • Sherman’s March to the Sea • The Laws of War in the Civil War • the Lieber Code • The March to the Sea • William Tecumseh Sherman
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-3052-4 / 1469630524
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-3052-6 / 9781469630526