Civil War and the Limits of Destruction

Informationen zum Autor Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era at Pennsylvania State University and the author of the Pulitzer Prize¿winning The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Authors: Mark Neely, Mark E Neely, Mark E. Neely, Mark E. Neely Jr.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2010
• EAN: 9780674045958
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04595-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars