The Coming of the Civil War

"In recent years a highly industrious school of historians has begun asking whether the war should have been fought at all and whether it was perhaps not more the fault of the North than of the South. Seeking to revise earlier judgments they have become known as the revisionists, and one of the most gifted and studious of them all is Avery Craven, whose "The Coming of the Civil War" . . . is one of the landmarks of revisionist literature."--Bruce Catton, "American Heritage"

." . . those who would examine the democratic process during a period of progressive breakdown, in order to understand the dangers it embodies within itself, will find "The Coming of the Civil War" a classic analysis."--Louis D. Rubin, Jr., "Sewanee Review"

"The book has always been recognized, even by its most severe critics, as a work of consummate scholarship."--T. Harry Williams, "Baton Rouge Morning Advocate"

Product details

• Authors: Craven Avery, Craven, Avery Craven, Avery O. Craven, Craven Avery O.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.1966
• EAN: 9780226118949
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11894-9
• No. of pages: 499
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 20 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Phoenix Books; Phoenix Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; 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, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)