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The Civil War Era
Oxford History of the United States
Oxford University Press
December 2003
952 pages ISBN: 019516895X Trade Size (reprint)
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BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson is the best
single volume history of the American Civil War. McPherson
first describes the economic, social, political, and
technological changes that occurred in the United States in
the years before the conflict. Then, he carefully and
lucidly describes the political environment in America that
leads to the election of Abraham Lincoln. This election
precipitated the seccession of 7 and ultimately 11 southern
states. The seccession debate within the southern
governments is explained fully. The war itself is described
primarily in strategic terms, but with clear descriptions of
the human costs of the conflict. Anyone who wishes to understand this period of American
history must read BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM.
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