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Also by James M. McPherson:

The War That Forged a Nation, March 2015
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Embattled Rebel, October 2014
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Abraham Lincoln, December 2008
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Tried by War, October 2008
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This Mighty Scourge, January 2007
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Battle Cry of Freedom, December 2003
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BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
By: James M. McPherson

The Civil War Era

Oxford History of the United States
Oxford University Press
December 2003
952 pages
ISBN: 019516895X
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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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