The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction
Published on 1. July 2009
288 pages
978-0-674-04136-3 (ISBN)
Description
Neely considers the war's destructiveness in a comparative context, revealing the sense of limit that guided the conduct of American soldiers and statesmen. Modern overemphasis on violence in Civil War literature has led many scholars to go too far in drawing analogies with the 20th century's "total war" and the grim guerrilla struggles of Vietnam.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04136-3 (9780674041363)
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Mark E. Neely
The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction
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11/2007
Harvard University Press
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Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era, Pennsylvania State University, and the author of a number of books, including his Pulitzer prize-winning The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties.
Content
Contents Introduction: Destructiveness in the Civil War 1. The Mexican-American War: Republicanism and the Ethos of War 2. Price's Raid: Limited War in Missouri 3. Emperor Maximilian's Black Decree: War in the Tropics 4. The Shenandoah Valley: Sheridan and Scorched Earth 5. The Sand Creek Massacre: The Grand Burning of the Prairie 6. Avenging Andersonville: Retaliation and the Political Uses of Hatred Conclusion: The Cult of Violence in Civil War History Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Illustration Sources Index
