Lincoln''s First Crisis - Abraham Lincoln, Fort Sumter, His Rivals At Beginning of Civil War

William Bruce Johnson combines thorough research with a litigator's analysis and a storyteller's eye for meaningful detail to construct a new narrative of the Fort Sumter crisis, culminating in a new theory of why the Civil War began as it did, and how, if the new president's orders had been properly carried out, it might have been averted.

About the author

William Bruce Johnson is an attorney and author with a specialty in US history. He was a litigation partner in Battle Fowler, a large New York law firm, and served three years as deputy counsel of the New York NAACP where, among other responsibilities, he taught seminars on civil rights law to NAACP attorneys. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, holds a master's and doctorate from the University of London, and earned a law degree from Rutgers. In addition to many legal writings, Johnson has written two other books: The Pacific Campaign in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal (Routledge, 2006), and Miracles & Sacrilege: Roberto Rossellini, the Church, and Film Censorship in Hollywood (University of Toronto Press, 2008).

Summary

In this thoughtful, careful reassessment, Johnson combines thorough research and the latest historiography with a litigator’s methodical analysis and a storyteller’s ear to reconstruct the beginning of the Civil War from the White House to Brooklyn Navy.

Product details

• Authors: William Johnson, William Bruce Johnson
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780811739405
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3940-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)