The long road to Antietam : how the Civil War became a revolution /
In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy, one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation, an unprecedented use of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Liveright Publishing Corporation,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy, one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation, an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780871404114 (hbk.) 0871404117 (hbk.) |