A Disease in the Public Mind - A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Fleming is a distinguished historian and author of more than fifty books. A frequent guest on PBS, A&E, and the History Channel, Fleming has contributed articles to American Heritage, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History , and many other magazines. Klappentext In this riveting, character-driven history, one of our most respected historians traces the diseases in the public mind- the distortions of reality- that destroyed George Washington's vision of a united America and inflicted the tragedy that still divide's the nation's soul.A distinguished historian and popular author explores why the United States became the only nation in the world to fight a war to end slavery Zusammenfassung A distinguished historian and popular author explores why the United States became the only nation in the world to fight a war to end slavery

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Fleming, Fleming Thomas
• Publisher: Dacapo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.2014
• EAN: 9780306822957
• ISBN: 978-0-306-82295-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)